1923  Falciclymenia Schindewolf: 64.
     1957  Falciclymenia.- Treatise: L45.
     1960  Falciclymenia.- Kullmann: 87.
     1960  Falciclymenia.- Bogoslovsky: 72.
     1960  Falciclymenia.- Ruzhentsev: 243.
     1962  Falciclymenia.- Osnovy: 407.
     2002  Falciclymenia.-Korn & Klug: 22.
      -----    Karadzharia Korn & Klug: 280.
     2002  Falciclymenia emend.-Becker et al.:186,
      ------   Bellaclymenia Becker: 188.
     2005  Falciclymenia.-Nikolaeva & Bogoslovskii: 126.

Type species: Goniatites falcifer Münster, 1840, p. 106 [OD].

[Holotype not found (teste Price, 1982, p.296)].

A:   Conch form discoidal, venter oxyconic without or with smooth keel or prominent triangular spines; flanks flattened;
       umbilicus narrow.
B:    Fine or coarse growth lines with weak or moderate ventrolateral salient and deep external sinus.
C:    Usually no ribs.
G:    Lateral lobe asymmetric, shallowly or deeply rounded; one rounded umbilical lobe.