1957  Nuculoceratidae Ruzhentsev: 58.
     1960  Nuculoceratinae.-Ruzhentsev: 213 [nom. transl.].
     1971  Nuculoceratinae.-Ruzhentsev & Bogoslovskaia: 308.
     2000  Nuculoceratinae.-Titus: 27.

A:   Conch form pachycone. Umbilicus very narrow or closed.
C:   Faint dichotomizing riblets and weak lirae present. Faint longitudinal striae may be present.
G:   Narrow ventral lobe with parallel to subparallel prongs. First lateral lobe simple, generally elongate-spatulate.

[Phylogenetic relationship uncertain].