It is the type genus of the clydonautiliacean family, Liroceratidae, and is characterized by a rapidly expanding, subglobular, nautiliconic shell with a reniform whorl section, small umbilicus, essentially straight sutures, and a siphuncle with a variable but not marginal position.

[1] Liroceras has a temporal range from the Mississippian to the Permian period, the longest of the Liroceratidae.

It has been found in North America, Europe, China and the East Indies.

A similar genus, Condraoceras, differs in having a circular cross section and shallow ventral and lateral lobes.

Another, Bistrialites, also has a reniform whorl section but differs in having a large funnel-shaped umbilicus.