Amaea H. & A. Adams, 1853: 233. Type species (s.d. de Boury, 1909): Scalaria magnifica Sowerby, 1844 ; Kilburn, 1989: 245; Pacaud & Le Renard, 1995: 158 [Epitoniinae]; Subgenus: AMAEA s.s., Amaea (Amaea); Kilburn, 1985: 245; Subgenus: ACRILLA H. Adams, 1860, Acrilla H. Adams, 1860: 241. Type species (o.d.): Aclis acuminata 'H. & A. Adams' [= Scalaria acuminata Sowerby, 1844], Adiscoacrilla Sacco, 1890, Texiscala de Boury, 1911, Fragilopalia Azuma, 1972: 59. Type species (o.d.): Fragiopalia nebulodermata, Amaea (Acrilla); Kilburn, 1985: 249; Vaught, 1989: 40; Pacaud & Le Renard, 1995: 158 [Epitoniinae]; Subgenus: CONISCALA de Boury, 1887, Amaea (Coniscala); Pacaud & Le Renard, 1995: 158 [Epitoniinae]; Subgenus:? FILISCALA de Boury, 1911, Filiscala de Boury, 1911: 219. Type species (o.d.): Turbo martini Wood, 1828, Amaea (Filiscala); Kilburn, 1985: 248; Vaught, 1989: 40; Subgenus: LITTORINISCALA de Boury, 1887, Littoriniscala de Boury, 1887; Vaught, 1989: 40 (as unassigned genera under Epitoniidae), Amaea (Littoriniscala); Pacaud & Le Renard, 1995: 158 [Epitoniinae]; Subgenus: SCALINA Conrad, 1865, Ferminoscala Dall, 1908, Elegantiscala de Boury, 1911, Amaea (Scalina); Vaught, 1989: 40, Cirsotrema (Elegantiscala); Pacaud & Le Renard, 1995: 158 [Epitoniinae]    Ref.: Millard, V. 1997. Classification of the Mollusca :A classification of worldwide Mollusca. pp.130-131.