| system | Vitae - living organisms |
| domain | Bacteria (Haeckel, 1894) Woese, Kandler Wheelis, 1990 - bacterians |
| phylum | Firmicutes |
| class | Clostridia |
| order | Clostridiales Prévot, 1953 |
| family | Veillonellaceae Rogosa, 1971 |
| genus | Succinispira Jansse & O'Farrell, 1999 |