{{Short description|Extinct family of gastropods}} {{Automatic_taxobox |fossil_range = |image = |image_caption = |taxon = Sinuitidae |authority = Dall, 1913<ref name="Dall">Dall W. H. 1913. ''Gastropods''. In: Eastman C. R. ''Text Book of Paleontology edited by C. R. Eastman adapted from German of K. A. von Zittel, 2nd edition revised and enlarged by the editor in collaboration with the following named specialists: R.S. Bassler, W. H. Dall, C. D. Walcott.'' [https://archive.org/details/textbookofpaleon01zittrich Volume 1]. MacMillan & Co., London. xii + 839 pp. [https://archive.org/stream/textbookofpaleon01zittrich#page/521/mode/1up Page 521].</ref> |subdivision_ranks = Genera |subdivision = ''See text'' | synonyms = }}
'''Sinuitidae''' is an extinct family of Paleozoic molluscs of uncertain position (they were either Gastropoda or Monoplacophora). They had isostrophically coiled shells.
== 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., Valdés Á. & 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 Sinuitidae in the superfamilia Bellerophontoidea within the Paleozoic molluscs of uncertain systematic position with isostrophically coiled shells (Gastropoda or Monoplacophora).
This family consists of the following subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005): * Sinuitinae Dall, 1913 - synonym: Protowarthiidae Ulrich & Scofield, 1897 (inv.) * Aiptospirinae Wang, 1980 * Hispanosinuitinae Frýda & Gutierrez-Marco, 1996
== Genera == Genera in the family Sinuitidae include: * ''Sinuites'' Koken, 1896<ref>Koken E. 1896. ''Die Leitfossilien. Ein Handbuch für den Unterricht und für das Bestimmen von Versteinerungen''. 1-848.</ref> - type genus of the family Sinuitidae. Genus ''Sinuites'' has large aperture, its outer lip is bilobate. The dorsal side is convex. The umbilicus is closed.<ref name="Dall"/>
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