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Discotropites smithi

Status not recordedoctopus and squidExtinct

Discotropites smithi is a species in the family Tropitidae, order Ammonoidea. Source checklists list it for 2 countries: Canada and United States.

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Quick facts about Discotropites smithi

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 Discotropites smithi 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.

Discotropites smithi is listed for 2 countries.

CanadaUnited States of America
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Canada
  2. United States

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Discotropites smithi 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 Discotropites smithi classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classCephalopoda
  4. orderAmmonoidea
  5. familyTropitidae
  6. genusDiscotropites
  7. SpeciesDiscotropites smithi Kutassy, 1933

Synonyms Discotropites gemmellaroi

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Discotropites smithi

Other species in the same genus Discotropites.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Discotropites smithi live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Discotropites smithi for 2 countries: Canada and United States. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Discotropites smithi?

Discotropites smithi (Discotropites smithi) belongs to the family Tropitidae 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). Discotropites smithi (Discotropites smithi). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/discotropites-smithi

MLA

“Discotropites smithi (Discotropites smithi).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/discotropites-smithi.

BibTeX
@misc{discotropites_smithi_2026,
  title = {Discotropites smithi (Discotropites smithi)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/discotropites-smithi},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}