A wizard's familiar gains the supernatural ability share spells that says
At the master’s option, he may have any spell (but not any spell-like ability) he casts on himself also affect his familiar. The familiar must be within 5 feet at the time of casting to receive the benefit. If the spell or effect has a duration other than instantaneous, it stops affecting the familiar if it moves farther than 5 feet away and will not affect the familiar again even if it returns to the master before the duration expires. Additionally, the master may cast a spell with a target of “You” on his familiar (as a touch range spell) instead of on himself. A master and his familiar can share spells even if the spells normally do not affect creatures of the familiar’s type (magical beast). (Player's Handbook 53)
The wizard casts the 2nd-level Sor/Wiz spell alter self [trans] (PH 197) on himself and shares that spell with his familiar. The wizard assumes the form of a troglodyte (Monster Manual 246–7). However, the spell alter self only allows an affected creature to assume the form of a creature that possesses the same creature type as the affected creature, and the wizard's familiar's type is magical beast yet a troglodyte's type is humanoid. (Likewise, size is an issue with the alter self spell: a Tiny creature is typically incapable of assuming a Medium form.)
Despite having shared the alter self spell, does the wizard's familiar remain unaffected by it because the wizard picked troglodyte instead of, for instance, stirge (MM 236–7)? (And, if so, had the wizard instead picked an appropriate magical beast, the wizard obviously wouldn't've been affected by the alter self spell, but would the familiar be affected?) Alternatively, does the wizard using the spell alter self to assume troglodyte form turn the wizard's familiar into a troglodyte anyway, the specifics of the supernatural ability share spells overriding the general rules of the alter self spell? Or, using a different but still generous reading, can the wizard pick one form for the wizard and another, different form for the familiar, the supernatural ability more creating a fresh, effect-yet-to-be-determined copy of the spell than sharing the actual spell that was cast?
Note: Other conclusions, are, of course, acceptable; the question includes only those I'd considered. Anyway, I feel like this is something I should already know, but familiars have been so rarely used in my campaigns until now it hadn't been an issue. By the way, I did some research, but I figure this was probably hashed out to death on the lost-and-lamented Wizards of the Coast message boards.