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{{Taxobox

| familia_authorityauthority = [[Gray (taxonomic authority)|Gray]]{{dn}}, 1847

| name = Neritopsidae

| subdivision ranks= ''See text''Subfamilies

| image =

| image_captiondisplay children = 1

| regnum = [[Animal]]ia

| phylum = [[Mollusca]]

| classis = [[Gastropoda]]

| unranked_familia = clade [[Neritimorpha]]<br/>

clade [[Cycloneritimorpha]]

| superfamilia = [[Neritopsoidea]]

| familia = '''Neritopsidae'''

| familia_authority = [[Gray (taxonomic authority)|Gray]]{{dn}}, 1847

| subdivision_ranks = Subfamilies and genera

| subdivision = ''See text''

}}

'''Neritopsidae''' is a [[family (biology)|family]] of small sea snails and freshwater snails, [[aquatic animal|aquatic]] [[gastropod]] [[mollusk]]s in the clade [[Cycloneritimorpha]] (according to the [[Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005)|taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005]]).

The great majority of species within this family are only known as fossils. The few species which are still extant are sometimes termed "living fossils". [http://www.mnhn.fr/museum/front/medias/publication/18145_z09n1a10.pdf]