{{Short description|Extinct family of gastropods}} {{Automatic taxobox |fossil_range = |image = |image_caption = |taxon = Metoptomatidae |authority = Wenz, 1938<ref>Wenz (March) 1938. Handbuch der Paläozoologie, 6(1): 38, 43, 92.</ref> |subdivision_ranks = Genera |subdivision = See text }}
'''Metoptomatidae''' is an extinct family of fossil molluscs from the Paleozoic era. These molluscs are either (Gastropoda or Monoplacophora).
== Taxonomy == The taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005<ref name="Bouchet">Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.); Frýda J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Valdes A. & Warén A. 2005. ''Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families''. Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology, 47(1-2). ConchBooks: Hackenheim, Germany. {{ISBN|3-925919-72-4}}. ISSN 0076-2997. 397 pp. http://www.vliz.be/Vmdcdata/imis2/ref.php?refid=78278</ref> categorizes Metoptomatidae within the Paleozoic molluscs of uncertain systematic position. This family is unassigned to superfamily. This family has no subfamilies.
== Genera == Genera in the family Metoptomatidae include:<ref>{{cite WoRMS |year=2026 |title=Metoptomatidae Wenz, 1938 † |id=833691 |access-date=7 March 2026 |db=MolluscaBase}}</ref> * ''Metoptoma'' Philips, 1836, the type genus of the family Metoptomatidae * ''Calloconus'' Perner, 1903 * ''Palaeoscurria'' Perner, 1903
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