pars1963  Prolecanites.-Kullmann: 278.
      1965  Prolecanites (Cantabricantes) Weyer: 456.
      1972  Cantabricanites.- Weyer: 326.

Type species: Prolecanites postapplanatus Kullmann, 1963, p. 281.

A:   Conch form and suture in general like Merocanites, but with twelve pointed lobes.
G:   Ventral lobe V-shaped, four lobes on flanks. Sutural formula: [Germ.] EALU2U1U3I, [Russ.] VLUU1U2:ID

[Ontogenetic development of suture insufficiently known].