1987  Paprothites Bartzsch & Weyer: 62.
     1994  Paprothites.-Korn: 75.

Type species: Pseudarietites westfalicus dorsoplanus Schmidt,1924, p.152 [OD].

A:   Thin discoidal, evolute, with wide umbilicus. Conch form like Pseudarietites, but venter broadly rounded, without keel or furrows.
B:   Growth lines with shallow ventral sinus.
C:   Flanks with prominent linear ribs.
G:   Ventral lobe parallel-sided, adventitious lobe deep and rounded, lateral lobe shallow, centering on umbilical seam.