1890  Anarcestidae Steinmann: 391.
     2001  Latanarcestidae Korn: 207.

Korn, 2001, p.207: Mimagoniatitids with thickly discoidal to globose conch forms, umbilicus moderately wide. Whorl expansion rate 2.25 - 2.75, imprint zone 0.2 -0.2 of whorl height.Internal lobe very small. Assigned to Superfamily Mimagoniatiaceae. Intermediate between mimagonaiatids and anarcestids. Korn assigned Latanarcestes, Chlupacites and Mimanarcestes to L. Considered characters do not seem to warrant separate family.