Position in a system
| system | Vitae - living organisms |
| domain | Eukaryota Whittaker & Margulis, 1978 - lifeforms with nucletic cells |
| superregnum | Unikonta |
| system | Opisthokonta Cavalier-Smith, 1987 |
| kingdom | Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals |
| subregnum | Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910 |
| divisio | Bilateria Hatschek, 1888 - bilaterians |
| subdivisio | Protostomia Grobben, 1908 - protostomes |
| phylum | Mollusca Cuvier, 1795 - mollusks |
| subphylum | Conchifera Gegenbaur, 1878 - shell-bearers |
| superclassis | Diasoma |
| class | Bivalvia Linnaeus, 1758 - bivalves |
| subclass | Pteriomorphia Beurlen, 1944 |
| order | Ostreida Férussac, 1822 |
| suborder | Malleidina J. Gray, 1854 |
| superfamily | Pterioidea J. Gray, 1847 |
| family | Malleidae Lamarck, 1818 |
| subfamily | Malleinae Lamarck, 1818 |
| genus | Malleus Lamarck, 1799 |