Neverita was named by Risso (1826) [Sepkoski's age data: T Than R Sepkoski's reference number: 123]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Polinices (Neverita) by Dall (1892), Clark and Arnold (1923), Oldroyd (1925), Nagao (1928), Gardner (1947), Olsson and Harbison (1953); it was reranked as Polynices (Neverita) by Arnold (1903), Martin (1904), Nagao (1928); it was reranked as Natica (Neverita) by Cossmann (1925); it was misspelled as Nerverita by Weaver (1916), Olsson (1931), Turner (1938), Durham (1944), Abbass (1967), Addicott (1970), Marasti (1973), Givens and Kennedy (1976), Moore (1976), Ladd (1977), Marincovich (1977), Dockery (1980), Hickman (1980), Ladd (1982), Squires (1984), Squires (1987), Majima (1989), Squires (1999), Todd (2001), Wienrich (2001), Harzhauser (2002), Sepkoski (2002), Harzhauser (2004).

It was assigned to Gastropoda by Weaver (1916); to Natica by Cossmann (1925); to Polynices by Arnold (1903), Martin (1904), Nagao (1928); to Polinices by Dall (1892), Clark and Arnold (1923), Oldroyd (1925), Nagao (1928), Gardner (1947), Olsson and Harbison (1953); to Naticidae by Olsson (1931), Turner (1938), Durham (1944), Abbass (1967), Marasti (1973), Ladd (1977), Dockery (1980), Ladd (1982), Squires (1999), Todd (2001), Wienrich (2001); to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); and to Polinicinae by Addicott (1970), Givens and Kennedy (1976), Moore (1976), Marincovich (1977), Hickman (1980), Squires (1984), Squires (1987), Majima (1989), Harzhauser (2002), Harzhauser (2004).