Genus: Canistra Erichson, 1847
Canistra Erichson, 1847: 151 (type species: Canistra varicosa Erichson, 1847, by monotypy); Chapuis, 1875: 375; Spaeth, 1914 g: 29; Hincks, 1952: 333; Viana, 1964 a: 39, 123; Seeno and Wilcox, 1982: 173; Borowiec, 1999 d: 38.
Canistrella Spaeth, 1913 b: 131 (as subgenus of Canistra, type species: Oxynodera rubiginosa Guérin, 1844, by original designation), 1914 g: 29; Hincks, 1952: 333; Viana, 1964 a: 44, 126; Seeno and Wilcox, 1982: 173, subgenus.
Species (8, species with colour photos marked with an asterisk):
Subgenus: Canistra s. str. (6):
Subgenus: Canistrella (2):