pars 1925  Aganides.-Schmidt: 531
pars 1929  Gattendorfia (Balvia) Lange: 60.
pars 1960  Imitoceras.-Vöhringer: 113, 116.
        1996  Balvia (Balvia).-Becker: 32.

Type species: Gattendorfia globularis Schmidt, 1924, p.120 [OD]

Balvia:
A    Conch form: small, lenticular to subglobose, completely involute, with punctiforme umbilicus.
B    Growth lines fine, prorsiradiate, concave-convex, with well developed ventrolateral salient and hyponomic sinus.
D    Flanks with several weak constrictions, which usually swing forward at venter to form grooves bounding a median keel.
Apertural modifications may be present.

Balvia (Balvia): Inner whorls evolute.