1999  Gen. nov. aff. Qiannanites Kuzina: 509.
     2000  Paraqiannanites Kuzina: 18.

Type species: Paraqiannanites boreus Kuzina 2000, p.19 [OD].

A:   Shell oxyconic, umbilicus narrow.
C:   Ornamentation consisting of thin, closely spaced, irregularly dichotomizing and intercalating ribs.
G:   Ventral lobe tripartite, with prongs reaching almost half of height of ventral lobe; ventrolateral saddle narrowly rounded,
first lateral lobe acute and deeper than ventral lobe. Lateral lobe at umbilical seam, one small acute lobe on inner side, and
the dorsal lobe as well as one inner umbilical lobe lanceolate. Sutural formula (?): [Germ.]: (E1 Em E1) A L U2 U1 I, [Russ.]
(V2V1V2)LU1:UID.

[Kuzina 2000, p.17 regards genus as belonging to Qiannanitidae.]