Metacerithiidae
Introduction '''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'' Tomlin, 1929 * † ''Metacerithium'' Cossmann, 1906 - the type genus* † ''Nerineopsis'' Cossmann, 1906 ;Synonyms:* † ''Terebrella'' Andreae, 1887 : synonym of † ''Diatrypesis'' Tomlin, 1929  (invalid: junior homonym of Terebrella Maltzan, 1887; Trypetes Tomlin, 1929, is a replacement name)* † ''Trypetes'' Tomlin, 1929 : synonym of † ''Diatrypesis'' Tomlin, 1929  (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.