Family Nassariidae Iredale 1916 (snail)
Parent taxon: Buccinoidea according to P. Bouchet et al. 2005
Sister taxa: Buccinidae, Buccinulidae, Colubrariidae, Columbellidae, Fasciolariidae, Melongenidae, Tromina
Subtaxa: Amyclina, Bathynassa, Bullia, Bulliinae, Bulliopsis, Cyllene, Cylleninae, Dorsaninae, Engoniophos, Ilyanassa, Leptarius, Nassaria, Nassariinae, Pallacera, Phrontis, Profundinassa, Pseudostrombus, Psilarius, Sudonassarius
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore