See text Calliostomatidae is a family of sea snails within the superfamily Trochoidea and the clade Vetigastropoda.

They inhabit a wide range of ocean habitats, from the intertidal zone to mid-bathyal depths.

This family consists of two following subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005):[2] According to Williams et al. (2008)[3] the Calliostomatidae stays in Trochoidea.

[3] The first molecular phylogeny study of the family Calliostomatidae was made by Williams et al. (2010)[4] Based on molecular data, they confirmed that Thysanodontinae Marshall, 1988 belongs to the family Calliostomatidae,.

A. Marshall, 1995 was raised to the rank of subfamily Fautricinae B.