Six living and a number of fossil genera are currently recognized: • †
Campanilopsis Chavan, 1949 • subgenus or synonym: †
Ptychopotamides Saccho, 1895 • subgenus or synonym: †
Mesohalina Wittibschlager, 1983 • subgenus or synonym: † '''' d'Archiac & Haimes, 1854 • subgenus or synonym: † '''' Yabe & Hatai, 1938 • possible subgenus or synonym: †
Eotympanotonus Chavan, 1952 • †
Potamidopsis Munier-Chalmas, 1900 • †
Terebraliopsis Cossmann, 1906 ;Generic names brought into synonymy: •
Aphanistylus P. Fischer, 1884: synonym of
Cerithidea Swainson, 1840 •
Phaenommia Mörch, 1860: synonym of
Cerithidea Swainson, 1840 •
Pirenella Gray, 1847 is a synonym of
Potamides Brongniart, 1810 or of
Cerithideopsilla •
Tympanotomus Gray, 1840: synonym of
Tympanotonos Schumacher, 1817 •
Tympanotonus Agassiz, 1846: synonym of
Tympanotonos Schumacher, 1817 ==Ecology==