1884  Platyclymenia Hyatt: 314.
     1908  Varioclymenia Wedekind: 605.
     1934  Platyclymenia (Platyclymenia) Schindewolf: 340.
     1949  Platyclymenia (Platyclymenia).-Schindewolf: 72.
     1957  Platyclymenia (Platyclymenia).-Treatise: L43.
     1960  Platyclymenia (Platyclymenia).-Ruzhentsev: 242.
     1962  Platyclymenia (Platyclymenia).-Osnovy: 406.
     1999  Platyclymenia.-Korn: 158.
     2002  Platyclymenia.-Korn & Klug: 233.

Type species: Goniatites annulatus Münster, 1832, p.32.

A:   Whorl section rounded or rectangular, maybe with flattened sides and narrow venter.
C:   Ribs, if present, congruent with growth lines.