Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Sonniniidae
PaleoDB taxon number: 15810
Synonyms: Anolkoleiites Buckman 1926 (no. 258008), Gelasinites Buckman 1925 (no. 258006), Hyalinites Buckman 1924 (no. 258005), Maceratites Buckman 1928 (no. 258011), Pelekodites Buckman 1923 (no. 258004), Pelekodites (Spatulites) Buckman 1928 (no. 333833), Rubrileiites Buckman 1926 (no. 258007), Spatulites Buckman 1928 (no. 258010), Zugella Buckman 1927 (no. 258009), Zugophorites Buckman 1922 (no. 258003)
Parent taxon: Witchelliinae according to M. K. Howarth 2013
Sister taxa: Asthenoceras, Fontannesia, Guhsania, Newmarracarroceras
Subtaxa: Pelekodites (Spatulites) spatians, Pelekodites pelekus, Witchellia australica, Witchellia sutneroides
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore