 "Agathiceras", named by Gemmellaro in 1887 from the Middle Permian Sicilian species, "A. suessi", has a broadly rounded outer edge, known as the venter, being at the lower side of the animal during life, and a deeply impressed innerside, the dorsum which corresponds with the back or dorsal side of the animal.The sutures are goniatitic with three lateral and one dosolateral lobes on either side.Those that are external are spatulate, those hidden are V-shaped.