1910  Paralegoceras (Pericleites) Renz:464.
     1925  Pericleites.-Schmidt: 599.
     1934  Pericleites.-Miller & Cline:183.
     1934  Pericleites.- Schindewolf: 184
     1936  Pericleites.-Ruzhentsev:1083.
     1939  Pericleites.-Schindewolf:425.
     1957  Pericleites.-Treatise:L51.
     1960  Pericleites.-Ruzhentsev:216.
     1962  Pericleites.-Osnovy:380.
non 1971  Pericleites.-Ruzhentsev & Bogoslovskaia:236.[See Proshumardites, TAX4629].
 
Type species: Paralegoceras (Pericleites) atticum Renz, 1910, p.464; [M].

A:   Conch form thick-discoidal, umbilicus apparently closed.
B:   Ornamentation consisting of coarse, widely spaced growth lines forming a shallow sinus on flanks and venter. No lirae or ribs.
G:   Suture-line similar Proshumardites.

Type poorly preserved, of uncertain affinities. For systematic discussion see SCHINDEWOLF, 1939, p.425 and RUZHENTSEV & BOGOSLOVSKAIA, 1971, p.236, for stratigraphic assignment RENZ, 1955, p.413, 416, LIT1061: black Permian limestones (see LOC5884). Lower Permian (?Asselian), Greece.