Metacerithiidae

Metacerithiidae is an extinct family of fossil sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Campaniloidea.

According to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005) the family Metacerithiidae has no subfamilies.

Genera

Genera within the family Metacerithiidae include:

• † Diatrypesis <small>Tomlin, 1929</small>
• † Metacerithium <small>Cossmann, 1906</small> - the type genus
• † Nerineopsis <small>Cossmann, 1906</small>

• † Terebrella <small>Andreae, 1887</small> : synonym of † Diatrypesis <small>Tomlin, 1929</small> (invalid: junior homonym of Terebrella Maltzan, 1887; Trypetes Tomlin, 1929, is a replacement name)
• † Trypetes <small>Tomlin, 1929</small> : synonym of † Diatrypesis <small>Tomlin, 1929</small> (invalid: junior homonym of Trypetes Schenck, 1859; Diatrypesis is a replacement name)

References

• Delpey, G. (1941). Gastéropodes marins. Paléontologie, stratigraphie. Mémoires de la Société Géologique de France. new ser., 19(3−4), Mémoire 43: 144 pp., 28 pls.

External links

• Cossmann, M. (1906). Essais de paléoconchologie comparée, Septième livraison. Paris, The author and de Rudeval. 261 pp., 14 pls.