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Dimitobelus hectori

Status not recordedoctopus and squidExtinct

Dimitobelus hectori is a species in the family Dimitobelidae, order Belemnitida. Source checklists list it for 1 country: New Zealand.

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Quick facts about Dimitobelus hectori

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 Dimitobelus hectori 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.

Dimitobelus hectori is listed for 1 country.

New Zealand
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. New Zealand

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Dimitobelus hectori 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 Dimitobelus hectori classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classCephalopoda
  4. orderBelemnitida
  5. familyDimitobelidae
  6. genusDimitobelus
  7. SpeciesDimitobelus hectori (Stevens, 1965)

Synonyms Dimitobelus hectori

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Dimitobelus hectori

Other species in the same genus Dimitobelus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Dimitobelus hectori live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Dimitobelus hectori for 1 country: New Zealand. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Dimitobelus hectori?

Dimitobelus hectori (Dimitobelus hectori) belongs to the family Dimitobelidae in the order Belemnitida.

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). Dimitobelus hectori (Dimitobelus hectori). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/dimitobelus-hectori

MLA

“Dimitobelus hectori (Dimitobelus hectori).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/dimitobelus-hectori.

BibTeX
@misc{dimitobelus_hectori_2026,
  title = {Dimitobelus hectori (Dimitobelus hectori)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/dimitobelus-hectori},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}