Abichites is Ceratitid genus, assigned to the family Dzhulfitidae. from the Upper Permian of Armenia

Armenia

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, Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan

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, and Iran

Iran

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  with three species recognized: A. abichi, A. mojsisovicsi, and A. stoyanowi (the type).

Abichites is based on Kashmirites, a genus of the Lower Triassic with a strongly ribbed, commonly tuberculate, evolute shell. included in the Xenoceltitidae

Xenoceltitidae

Xenoceltitidae are evolute, generally ribbed, upper Lower Triassic Ceratitida with ceratitic or goniatitic sutures; formerly included in the Noritaceae but now placed in the Xenodiscaceae.The Xenoceltitidae are derived from the Ophiceratidae.-References:...

 (Tozer, 1994). Both genera are include in the superfamily Xenodiscaceae

Xenodiscaceae

The Xenodiscaceae is a superfamily within the ammonoid order Ceratitida. The Xenodiscaceae, named by Frech in 1902, presently contains ten families, only one of which was included in the original Otocerataceae of Hyatt, 1900, the remaining having been added.The Xenodiscaceae has its origin in the...

References

also

• Arkel et al 1957. Mesozoic Ammonoidea. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part L, Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press.