1933  Sellanarcestes Schindewolf: 98.
     1957  Sellanarcestes.- Treatise: L31.
     1960  Sellanarcestes.- Ruzhentsev: 171.
     1962  Sellanarcestes.- Osnovy: 339.
     1965  Sellanarcestes.- Walliser: 87.
     1969  Sellanarcestes.- Bogoslovskii: 172.
     1983  Sellanarcestes.- Chlupac & Turek: 80.
     2002  Sellanarcestes.-Korn & Klug: 126
     2002  Sellanarcestes.-Klug: 42.

Type species: Goniatites wenkenbachi Kayser, 1884, p. 42 [OD].

[Chlupac & Turek, 1983, p.80:  Shell moderately to strongly involute, with broad umbilicus; ventrolateral sulci absent.
Initial whorl incompletely coiled, small umbilical perforation clearly discernible. Dorsal lobe of suture in late growth stages
shallow or with a median saddle. Lateral lobe rather deep, gently asymmetrical, bottom located near center of lateral side.]