See text Clathurellidae is a monophyletic family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.

[2][3] In the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005)[4] Clathurellinae was classified as a subfamily of Conidae.

[2] This was based on anatomical characters and a dataset of molecular sequences of three gene fragments.

[2] Species in this family have small to medium-sized fusiform shells that have strong sculpture.

[2] The siphonal canal is slightly curved, and varies in length between short[citation needed] to moderately long[2] (as in Glyphostoma rostrata).