pt. 1915  Pronorites.-Haniel: 25.
pt. 1927  Pronorites.-Smith: 12.
     1930  Pronorites.-Miller: 391.
pt. 1937  Pronorites.-Plummer & Scott: 82.
     1938  Metapronorites Librovitch: 72, 82, 104.
     1949  Metapronorites.- Ruzhentsev: 67.
     1950  Metapronorites.- Ruzhentsev: 57.
     1960  Metapronorites.- Ruzhentsev: 186.
     1962  Metapronorites.- Osnovy: 350.
     1971  Metapronorites.- Nassichuk: 80.
     1975  Metapronorites.- Nassichuk: 61.
     2002  Metapronorites.-Leonova: S16.

Type species: Pronorites uralensis timorensis Haniel, 1915, p.25 [OD].

[RUZHENTSEV 1950, p.57: Conch discoidal, quite involute, with wide, flat, parallel sides and flatly curved or
rounded ventral side.  The whorl height to width ratio is approximately 1.6.  The umbilicus diameter to conch
diameter ratio ranges from 0.14 to 0.16.  Ventral lobe trifid, with a short middle toothlet.  First lateral lobe wide,
symmetrically two folded.  6-7 lateral lobes in all;  of these, the second and third may be bifid.  1-2 umbilical lobes.  
On the inner side there is an dorsal and up to five lateral lobes;  all sharpened.  First inner lobe in contact with
third outer lobe.]  

[Nassichuk, 1975, p.61:
A:   Metapronorites is discoidal and has flattened flanks and either a broadly rounded or a flattned venter. The
umbilicus is open and  is typically about 10 per cent of the conch diameter.
B:   The shell surface is typically smooth but some species possess faint growth lines on the ventrolateral flanks.
G:   The first lateral lobe is broad and bifid; the saddle separating the two asymmetric divisions of this lobe is low,
unconstricted, and has sharply diverging flanks.The first lateral lobe may be denticulate on one or other
subdivisions; similarly, the second lateral lobe may be denticulate. The number of lobes is variable; the type
species has 32 lobes but other species have as few as 26 [Nassichuk, 1975].

Fig. see TAX5651: M. cuneilobatus (suture).