1971  Stenoglaphyritinae Ruzhentsev & Bogoslovskaia, p.300.
     1975  Clistoceratidae Ruzhentsev: 33, 41.
     1978  Stenoglaphyritidae.-Ruzhentsev & Bogoslovskaia: 158  [nom.transl.].

Conch form subdiscoidal to globular, moderately to completely involute; width of umbilicus ranges from moderately narrow
to closed. Some genera with evolute early whorls. [Transitional to Glaphyritinae].