1964  Tumulites McCaleb, Quinn & Furnish: 28.
     1971  Tumulites.-Ruzhentsev & Bogoslovskaia: 186.

Type species: Tumulites varians McCaleb, Quinn & Furnish, 1964, p. 30 [OD].

A:   Conch thick-discoidal to subglobose, moderately involute, usually with narrow umbilicus.
C:   Umbilical ribs forming ventro-lateral salient and rounded sinus on venter.
E:   Ventro-lateral grooves always present.
G:   First lateral saddle broadly rounded.