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Acanthohoplites hesper

Status not recordedoctopus and squidExtinct

Acanthohoplites hesper is a species in the family Deshayesitidae, order Ammonoidea. Source checklists list it for 1 country: United States.

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Quick facts about Acanthohoplites hesper

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does Acanthohoplites hesper live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

Acanthohoplites hesper is listed for 1 country.

United States of America
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. United States

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Acanthohoplites hesper endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is Acanthohoplites hesper classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classCephalopoda
  4. orderAmmonoidea
  5. familyDeshayesitidae
  6. genusAcanthohoplites
  7. SpeciesAcanthohoplites hesper Stoyanow, 1949

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Acanthohoplites hesper

Other species in the same genus Acanthohoplites.

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Common questions

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Where does Acanthohoplites hesper live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Acanthohoplites hesper for 1 country: United States. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Acanthohoplites hesper?

Acanthohoplites hesper (Acanthohoplites hesper) belongs to the family Deshayesitidae in the order Ammonoidea.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Acanthohoplites hesper (Acanthohoplites hesper). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/acanthohoplites-hesper

MLA

“Acanthohoplites hesper (Acanthohoplites hesper).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/acanthohoplites-hesper.

BibTeX
@misc{acanthohoplites_hesper_2026,
  title = {Acanthohoplites hesper (Acanthohoplites hesper)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/acanthohoplites-hesper},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}