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Glottoceras moorei

Status not recordedoctopus and squidExtinct

Glottoceras moorei is a species in the family Knemiceratidae, order Ammonoidea. Source checklists list it for 2 countries: Ecuador and Peru.

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Quick facts about Glottoceras moorei

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 Glottoceras moorei 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.

Glottoceras moorei is listed for 2 countries.

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

  1. Ecuador
  2. Peru

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Glottoceras moorei 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 Glottoceras moorei classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classCephalopoda
  4. orderAmmonoidea
  5. familyKnemiceratidae
  6. genusGlottoceras
  7. SpeciesGlottoceras moorei (Knechtel, 1947)

Synonyms Knemiceras moorei

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Glottoceras moorei

Other species in the same genus Glottoceras.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Glottoceras moorei live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Glottoceras moorei for 2 countries: Ecuador and Peru. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Glottoceras moorei?

Glottoceras moorei (Glottoceras moorei) belongs to the family Knemiceratidae 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). Glottoceras moorei (Glottoceras moorei). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/glottoceras-moorei

MLA

“Glottoceras moorei (Glottoceras moorei).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/glottoceras-moorei.

BibTeX
@misc{glottoceras_moorei_2026,
  title = {Glottoceras moorei (Glottoceras moorei)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/glottoceras-moorei},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}