Carinopelta is a genus within Carinopeltidae, an extinct family of Cambrian[1] molluscs of uncertain position.

The taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005[3] categorizes Igarkiellidae in the superfamilia Scenelloidea within the Paleozoic molluscs of uncertain systematic position.

Carinopelta is one of six genera which was placed into the family, along with Protoconus, Rozanoviella, Gonamella, Mastakhella, and Squamiconus by P. Yu.

In 2013 a new genus and family name were erected by Parkhaev to fully remove the homonym status of the species.

[1] Parkhaev coined the genus name Carinopelta as a combination of the Latin word carina meaning "keel" and pelta a type of oval shield used in Thrace.