Metoptomatidae

Metoptomatidae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: incertae sedis
Family: †Metoptomatidae
Wenz, 1938
Genera

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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 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:

References

  1. ↑ Wenz (March) 1938. Handbuch der Paläozoologie, 6(1): 38, 43, 92.
  2. ↑ 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
  3. ↑ Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2026). "Metoptomatidae Wenz, 1938 †". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 7 March 2026.