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Arcestes acutus

Status not recordedoctopus and squidExtinct

Arcestes acutus is a species in the family Arcestidae, order Ammonoidea. Source checklists list it for 3 countries: Austria, Russia and Ukraine.

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Quick facts about Arcestes acutus

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
3 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does Arcestes acutus 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.

Arcestes acutus is listed for 3 countries.

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

  1. Austria
  2. Russia
  3. Ukraine

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Arcestes acutus 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 Arcestes acutus classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classCephalopoda
  4. orderAmmonoidea
  5. familyArcestidae
  6. genusArcestes
  7. SpeciesArcestes acutus (von Mojsisovics, 1875)

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Arcestes acutus

Other species in the same genus Arcestes.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Arcestes acutus live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Arcestes acutus for 3 countries: Austria, Russia and Ukraine. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Arcestes acutus?

Arcestes acutus (Arcestes acutus) belongs to the family Arcestidae 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). Arcestes acutus (Arcestes acutus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/arcestes-acutus

MLA

“Arcestes acutus (Arcestes acutus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/arcestes-acutus.

BibTeX
@misc{arcestes_acutus_2026,
  title = {Arcestes acutus (Arcestes acutus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/arcestes-acutus},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}