{{Short description|Extinct family of gastropods}} {{Automatic taxobox | fossil_range = | image = Protoconchoides NMNH.jpg | image_caption = ''Protoconchoides varians'' fossil, National Museum of Natural History | taxon = Protoconchoididae | authority = Geyer, 1994<ref>Geyer G. 1994. New York State Museum, Geological Survey, Bulletin, 481: 81.</ref> | subdivision_ranks = Genera | subdivision_ref = <ref name="WoRMS">{{cite WoRMS |year=2026 |title=Protoconchoididae Geyer, 1994 † |id=833693 |access-date=3 March 2026 |db=MolluscaBase}}</ref> | subdivision = * †''Kornoutella'' <small>Horný, 1997</small> * †''Mytoconula'' <small>Horný, 2009</small> * †''Patelliconus'' <small>Horný, 1961</small> * †''Protoconchoides'' <small>Shaw, 1962</small> | synonyms_ref = <ref name="WoRMS"/> | synonyms = Patelliconidae <small>Frýda, 1998</small> }}
'''Protoconchoididae''' is an extinct family of Paleozoic molluscs of uncertain taxonomic position, i.e. they were 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. https://www.vliz.be/Vmdcdata/imis2/ref.php?refid=78278</ref> categorizes Protoconchoididae within the Paleozoic molluscs of uncertain systematic position. This family is unassigned to superfamily. This family has no subfamilies.
== Genera == Genera in the family Protoconchoididae include:<ref name="WoRMS"/> * †''Kornoutella'' <small>Horný, 1997</small> * †''Mytoconula'' <small>Horný, 2009</small> * †''Patelliconus'' <small>Horný, 1961</small> * †''Protoconchoides'' <small>Shaw, 1962</small> - type genus of the family Protoconchoididae
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