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Arcestes distinctus

Status not recordedoctopus and squidExtinct

Arcestes distinctus is a species in the family Arcestidae, order Ammonoidea. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Austria.

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Quick facts about Arcestes distinctus

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 Arcestes distinctus 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 distinctus is listed for 1 country.

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

  1. Austria

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Arcestes distinctus 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 distinctus classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classCephalopoda
  4. orderAmmonoidea
  5. familyArcestidae
  6. genusArcestes
  7. SpeciesArcestes distinctus (Giebel, 1852)

Synonyms Ammonites distinctus

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Arcestes distinctus

Other species in the same genus Arcestes.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Arcestes distinctus live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Arcestes distinctus for 1 country: Austria. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Arcestes distinctus?

Arcestes distinctus (Arcestes distinctus) 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 distinctus (Arcestes distinctus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/arcestes-distinctus

MLA

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

BibTeX
@misc{arcestes_distinctus_2026,
  title = {Arcestes distinctus (Arcestes distinctus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/arcestes-distinctus},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}