1955  Aktubites Ruzhentsev: 1108.
     1957  Neoshumardites.- Treatise: L61.
     1960  Aktubites.- Ruzhentsev: 225.
     1962  Aktubites.- Osnovy: 388.   
     1994  Aktubites.-Boardman, Word & Mapes: 49, 55.
     1997  Aktubites.-Mapes et al.: 228.

Type species: Aktubites trifidus Ruzhentsev, 1955.
 
[Mapes et al., 1997, p.228: Conch subglobose, umbilicus medium-sized. Ventral lobe shorter than middle prong (L1) of
lateral lobe. Secondary lateral, dorsolateral, and dorsal lobes being distinct sutural elements that are generally symmetrical.]
Sutural formula: [Russian] (V1V1)(L2L1L2)U:(I2I1I2)(D2D1D2).