1914  Prolecanites algarbiensis Pruvost: 17, fig.1.
     1978  Protocanites algarbiensis.- Perdigao: 387, pl.1 fig.1.
     1996  Michiganites algarbiensis.- House: 97, text-fig.2E
     1997  Becanites algarbiensis.- Korn: 34, text-fig.19, pl1 fig.7-9.

Neotype: IGML 253, Korn 1997, pl.1 fig.8.

A:   Conch thinly discoidal, umbilicus wide, whorl section oval.
G:   Adventitious lobe asymmetric, pouched; lateral lobe lanceolate.