Tests are variably discoidal, aggulitinated with calcareous or microgranular cement.
The family presently includes the following genera; Spirocyclina, Anchispirocyclina, Haurania, Martiguesia, Pseudospirocyclina, Qataria, Reissella, Saudia, Sornayina, Spiraloconulus, Streptocyclammina, Timidonella, and Vania.
Previous the subfamily Spyrocylininae according to Loeblich and Tappan, 1964 in the Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology which then included Spriocyclina, Anchispirocyclina, Orbitammiina, and Sornayina.
Orbitammina has been moved to the textulariid Orbitopsellidae where it rests along with Orbitopsella, Cyclorbitopsella, and Labyrinthina.
Foraminifera, to which the Spirocyclinidae belong are characterized by reticulate pseudopoda,[3] and often produce intricate shells, or tests.