Position in a system
| system | Vitae - living organisms |
| domain | Eukaryota Whittaker & Margulis, 1978 - lifeforms with nucletic cells |
| superregnum | Bikonta - bikonts |
| Corticata | |
| Archaeplastida | |
| phylum | Rhodophyta Wettst - red algae |
| subphylum | Rhodophytina |
| class | Rhodellophyceae Cavalier-Smith |
| order | Rhodellales H.S. Yoon, K.M. Müller, R.G. Sheath, F.D. Ott & D. Bhattacharya |
| family | Rhodellaceae H.S.Yoon, K.M.Müller, R.G.Sheath, F.D.Ott et D.Bhattacharya |
| genus | Rhodella Evans |
| species | Rhodella violacea (Kornmann) Wehrmeyer |