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Arcestes polysarcus

Status not recordedoctopus and squidExtinct

Arcestes polysarcus 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 polysarcus

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 polysarcus 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 polysarcus 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 polysarcus 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 polysarcus classified?

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

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Arcestes polysarcus

Other species in the same genus Arcestes.

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Common questions

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Where does Arcestes polysarcus live?

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

What kind of animal is Arcestes polysarcus?

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

MLA

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

BibTeX
@misc{arcestes_polysarcus_2026,
  title = {Arcestes polysarcus (Arcestes polysarcus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/arcestes-polysarcus},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}