1965  Dzhulfites Shevyrev in Ruzhentsev & Sarycheva: 172.
     1973  Paratirolites.-Teichert, Kummel & Sweet: 411 (=Dzhulfites, Abichites).
     2002  Dzhulfites.-Leonova: S102.

Type species: Dzhulfites spinosus Shevyrev, 1965, p.173, OD.

[Shevyrev, 1965, p.172]: Shell formed of whorls oval or oval-rectangular in cross-section. Venter broad, slightly
convwex. Flanks compressed. Umbilical border vague. Umbilical wall low and sloping. Tubercles on ventral border,
from which straight single ribs paa towards the umbilicus. Ventral lobe small, divided by a high median saddle into
two narrow, sharply pointed brnaches. Inner lateral lobe very broad, located on both sides of umbilical seam.

Genus differs from Paratirolites in its small ventral lobe with non-denticulate branches.