1911  Prodromitidae Arthaber: 177, 206.
     1934  Prodromitidae.- Schindewolf: 171.
     1954  Prodromitidae.- Miller & Furnish: 688.
     1957  Prodromitidae.- Treatise: L70.
     1960  Prodromitidae.- Ruzhentsev: 180.
     1962  Prodromitidae.- Osnovy: 346.
     1972  Prodromitidae.- Weyer: 332.
     1996  Prodromitidae Becker & Kullmann: 744.
     2002  Prodromitidae.-Work & Mapes: 910 (assigned to Superfam. Prodromitaceae).
pt. 2007  Acrocanitinae Korn et al..

Suture line changing from relatively simple to highly complex structure; total number of umbilical lobes from 10 to over 50,
in some forms irregularly subdivided or denticulate. [Some authors regard family or some of the genera as belonging to
the order Prolecanitida; for discussion see WORK, MAPES & THOMPSON, 1988 and WORK & MAPES, 2002].