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Amoeboceras alternans

Status not recordedoctopus and squidExtinct

Amoeboceras alternans is a species in the family Cardioceratidae, order Ammonoidea. Source checklists list it for 2 countries: France and Germany.

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Quick facts about Amoeboceras alternans

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
2 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does Amoeboceras alternans 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.

Amoeboceras alternans is listed for 2 countries.

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

  1. France
  2. Germany

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Amoeboceras alternans 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 Amoeboceras alternans classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classCephalopoda
  4. orderAmmonoidea
  5. familyCardioceratidae
  6. genusAmoeboceras
  7. SpeciesAmoeboceras alternans (von Buch, 1831)

Synonyms Ammonites alternans

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Amoeboceras alternans

Other species in the same genus Amoeboceras.

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Common questions

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Where does Amoeboceras alternans live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Amoeboceras alternans for 2 countries: France and Germany. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Amoeboceras alternans?

Amoeboceras alternans (Amoeboceras alternans) belongs to the family Cardioceratidae 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). Amoeboceras alternans (Amoeboceras alternans). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/amoeboceras-alternans

MLA

“Amoeboceras alternans (Amoeboceras alternans).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/amoeboceras-alternans.

BibTeX
@misc{amoeboceras_alternans_2026,
  title = {Amoeboceras alternans (Amoeboceras alternans)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/amoeboceras-alternans},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}