1961  Auguritidae Bogoslovskii: 66.
     1969  Auguritidae.-Bogoslovskii: 149.
     1983  Auguritidae.-Chlupac & Turek: 72.
pt. 2002  Auguritidae.-Korn & Klug: 77 (includes Parentitidae),
       ---    Auguritinae.-Korn & Klug:: 77 (nom.transl.).

Family has been erected within the superfamily Auguritoidea Bogoslovskii, 1961; because of close relationship with Mimagoniatitidae the superfamily is regarded herein as junior synonym of Agoniatitoidea (subj.).

A:   Shell lenticular, involute, flattenend laterally. Umbilicus narrow and perforate, covered by test of last whorl.
G:   Suture has dorsal lobe, broad lateral lobe, and a complex course in the ventrolateral parts where additional 5 lobes occur.

Klug, 2001, p.511: Shell of moderate to large size, evolute, thinly discoidal to discoidal oxyconic conch; with distinct imprint zone. Whorl cross section lanceolate and laterally flattened with acute venter. Umbilicus very narrow to narrow (uw/dm < 0.30), small or absent umbilical window (< 1 mm). Protoconch ovoid to subglobular, large (0.8 to 1.1 mm), sometimes slightly bent. Whorl expansion rate increases remarkably from the second whorl on (> 2.7, up to 4.4). Growth line course biconvex. Suture line with small external lobe, a varying pattern of ventrolateral lobes and saddles, a broadly rounded lateral lobe, with one or two umbilical lobes, and a rounded internal lobe of moderate size; without lateral septal inflexions.

Comparisons (Klug, 2001, p.511): With the Mimagoniatitidae EICHENBERG 1930, the Auguritidae have the deep imprint zone in common. Most of the Mimosphinctidae ERBEN 1953 and Anarcestidae STEINMANN 1890 have a lower whorl expansion rate (< 2.1) than the representatives of these two families. High ventrolateral projections of the growth lines separate them from the Mimosphinctidae and the Teicherticeratidae BOGOSLOVSKY 1969. However, the Auguritidae are clearly separated from the Mimagoniatitdae by the ventrolateral lobes and the oxyconic conchs.