1918  Phenacoceratinae Wedekind: 131.
     1957  Clymenoceratidae.- Ruzhentsev:
     1960  Phenacoceratidae.- Ruzhentsev: 173 [nom. transl.].
     1962  Phenacoceratidae.- Osnovy: 340.
     1969  Phenacoceratidae.- Bogoslovskii: 195.
     2002  Phenacoceratidae.-Korn & Klug: 210.

A:   Discoidal conch shape, with wide or very wide umbilicus.
G:   Sutural formula: E L U I or  E L U2 U1 I.