1957  Berkhoceratidae Librovich: 265.
     1962  Berkhoceratidae.- Kullmann: 25.
     1966  Berkhoceratinae.- Furnish & Knapp: 305.
     1969  Berkhoceratidae.- Ruzhentsev & Bogoslovskaya: 61.
     1971  Berkhoceratidae.- Ruzhentsev & Bogoslovskaia; 197.

A:   Conch completely involute.
G:   Ventral lobe quadripartite, with simple, cuneate branches.
Adventitious lobe simple, deep and acute. Sutural formula:   
     [Germ.] (E1E2EmE2E1)AL:UI,
     [Russ.] (V1.1V1.2V1.2V1.1)LU:ID.

[Ruzhentsev & Bogoslovskaia, 1969, p.61]: Oxyconic shell. Whorls
completely involute. Umbilicus closed. Sculpture of transverse
striae and very fine lirae. Ventral lobe very broad,
quadripartite, with simple, cuneate branches; development
according to the formula (V1 V1)->(V1 V1 V1 V1). First outer
saddle mucronate at the top. Lateral lobe simple, very deep,
fang-like.