†family Metacerithiidae Cossmann 1906 (snail)
Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Metacerithiidae
Alternative spelling: Metacerithinae
Parent taxon: Cerithioidea according to P. Bouchet et al. 2005
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Metacerithium
Type: Metacerithium
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Austria (1 collection), Denmark (6), Egypt (2), Greenland (1), Poland (3), United States (4: California)
• Cretaceous of Egypt (1), France (5), Germany (7), Hungary (1), Madagascar (3), Mexico (1), Tanzania (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (1: California)
Total: 38 collections including 45 occurrences