# Metoptomatidae

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{{Short description|Extinct family of gastropods}}
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|taxon = Metoptomatidae
|authority = [Wenz](/source/Wilhelm_August_Wenz), 1938<ref>Wenz (March) 1938. Handbuch der Paläozoologie, 6(1): 38, 43, 92.</ref>
|subdivision_ranks = Genera
|subdivision = See text
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'''Metoptomatidae''' is an extinct [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) of fossil [mollusc](/source/mollusc)s from the [Paleozoic](/source/Paleozoic) era. These molluscs are either ([Gastropoda](/source/Gastropoda) or [Monoplacophora](/source/Monoplacophora)).

== Taxonomy ==
The [taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005](/source/Taxonomy_of_the_Gastropoda_(Bouchet_%26_Rocroi%2C_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](/source/Taxonomy_of_the_Gastropoda_(Bouchet_%26_Rocroi%2C_2005)). 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](/source/Metoptoma)'' Philips, 1836, the [type genus](/source/type_genus) of the family Metoptomatidae
* ''[Calloconus](/source/Calloconus)'' Perner, 1903
* ''[Palaeoscurria](/source/Palaeoscurria)'' Perner, 1903

== References ==
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Category:Prehistoric molluscs
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