Helictites

Systematic Paleontology

Order: Ceratitida

Superfamily: Clydonitaceae

Family: Buchitidae Genus: Helictites

Helictites is a ceratitid ammonite from the upper Triassic included in the Buchitidae, not to be confused with the gasropod genus Helicites.

Helictites has a coarsely ribbed evolute shell with a subquadrate whorl section. Ribs commonly bifurcate and cross over the venter.