1935  Ophiceras (Metophiceras) Spath: 34.

Type species: Metophiceras subdemissum Spath, 1935, p.34 (=  
Ophiceras demissum in Spath, 1930, p.14, pl.2 fig.1); OD.

Ophiceras with tendency to lateral flattening and compression of
whorls but combined with a very open umbilicus. Suture-line
typically with the same elements as in Ophioceras s.s., but with
the first lateral lobe situated almost at the middle of the side
and with the second lateral saddle on the umbilical slope.