[1] The taxonomic position in the Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Pt L, 1957 placed the genus into the family Deshayesitidae.

Newer classifications have revised that placement and the genus is now included into the family Parahoplitidae.

Early whorls are coronate, which later become round, then oval in section.

In early stages primary ribs branch mid flank at prominent lateral tubercles.

[2] Acanthohoplites has been found in Upper Aptian and Lower Albian sediments in Europe, Central Asia, East Africa, North and South America:[1]