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Agathiceras contractum

Status not recordedoctopus and squidExtinct

Agathiceras contractum is a species in the family Agathiceratidae, order Ammonoidea. Source checklists list it for 1 country: United States.

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Quick facts about Agathiceras contractum

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 Agathiceras contractum 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.

Agathiceras contractum 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 Agathiceras contractum 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 Agathiceras contractum classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classCephalopoda
  4. orderAmmonoidea
  5. familyAgathiceratidae
  6. genusAgathiceras
  7. SpeciesAgathiceras contractum Plummer & Scott, 1937

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Agathiceras contractum

Other species in the same genus Agathiceras.

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Common questions

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Where does Agathiceras contractum live?

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

What kind of animal is Agathiceras contractum?

Agathiceras contractum (Agathiceras contractum) belongs to the family Agathiceratidae in the order Ammonoidea.

Sources and how to cite this page

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Agathiceras contractum (Agathiceras contractum). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/agathiceras-contractum

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“Agathiceras contractum (Agathiceras contractum).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/agathiceras-contractum.

BibTeX
@misc{agathiceras_contractum_2026,
  title = {Agathiceras contractum (Agathiceras contractum)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/agathiceras-contractum},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}