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Acanthoscaphites plenus

Status not recordedoctopus and squidExtinct

Acanthoscaphites plenus is a species in the family Scaphitidae, order Ammonoidea. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Canada.

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Quick facts about Acanthoscaphites plenus

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 Acanthoscaphites plenus 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.

Acanthoscaphites plenus is listed for 1 country.

Canada
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Canada

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Acanthoscaphites plenus 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 Acanthoscaphites plenus classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classCephalopoda
  4. orderAmmonoidea
  5. familyScaphitidae
  6. genusAcanthoscaphites
  7. SpeciesAcanthoscaphites plenus (Meek & Hayden, 1861)

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Acanthoscaphites plenus

Other species in the same genus Acanthoscaphites.

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Common questions

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Where does Acanthoscaphites plenus live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Acanthoscaphites plenus for 1 country: Canada. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Acanthoscaphites plenus?

Acanthoscaphites plenus (Acanthoscaphites plenus) belongs to the family Scaphitidae in the order Ammonoidea.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Acanthoscaphites plenus (Acanthoscaphites plenus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/acanthoscaphites-plenus

MLA

“Acanthoscaphites plenus (Acanthoscaphites plenus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/acanthoscaphites-plenus.

BibTeX
@misc{acanthoscaphites_plenus_2026,
  title = {Acanthoscaphites plenus (Acanthoscaphites plenus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/acanthoscaphites-plenus},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}