As of November 2024[update], the World Register of Marine Species accepts the following 48 genera, arranged within 7 subfamilies.

[2] Anentominae E. E. Strong, Galindo & Kantor, 2017 Bulliinae Allmon, 1990 Cylleninae Bellardi, 1882 Dorsaninae Cossmann, 1901 Nassariinae Iredale, 1916 (1835) The operculum is ovate, acute and with an apical nucleus; the margin is entire or serrated.

The aperture of the shell is either truncate, or with a short recurved siphonal canal, and the inner lip is usually callous and spreading over the body whorl.

According to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005) the family Nassariidae consisted of four subfamilies: In 2006, Photinae Gray, 1857 was recognized.

[9] Kantor et al. (2022) used molecular data to revise the classification of the Buccinoidea superfamily, proposing 20 taxa of family rank and 23 subfamilies.