The family's type genus is Zonites, established by Pierre Denys de Montfort in 1810.

[3] The spiral, heliciform shells of these snails are flattened in shape with a very low spire.

[4] Some snails in genera within this family create and use love darts as part of their mating behavior.

[5] These snails live in damp places under stones and similar objects.

Genera within the family Zonitidae include: The following cladogram shows the phylogenic relationships of this family to other families in the limacoid clade:[3] Staffordiidae Dyakiidae Pristilomatidae Chronidae Euconulidae Trochomorphidae Gastrodontidae Oxychilidae Trigonochlamydidae Parmacellidae Milacidae Zonitidae Helicarionidae Ariophantidae Urocyclidae Vitrinidae Boettgerillidae Limacidae Agriolimacidae