1862  Goniatites Houghtoni Winchell, p.363
     1896  Prolecanites houghtoni.-Karpinsky: 183, 191.
     1903  Prolecanites houghtoni.-Smith, p.53.
     1955  Merocanites houghtoni.-Miller & Garner, p.150, pl.6 fig.9,10, pl.7 fig.10-12,14.
     1972  Erdbachites houghtoni.-Weyer: 326.