Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Scaphopoda > Order Gadilida > Suborder Entalimorpha > Family Entalinidae > Genus Bathoxiphus

Bathoxiphus ensiculus (Jeffreys, 1877)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Bathoxiphus*	Pilsbry & Sharp, 1897	accepted genus name
*Dentalium (Bathoxiphus)*	Pilsbry & Sharp, 1897	synonym

Species group names

*Dentalium ensiculus*	Jeffreys, 1877	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Souza L.S. [de], Caetano C.H.S., Scarabino F. & Costa P.M.S. (2020). New records and a new species of Scaphopoda (Mollusca) from the southwestern Atlantic Ocean. Iheringia, ser. Zoologia. 110: e2020023.
additional source	Kraeuter, J. N. 2009. Scaphopoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 745–749 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
status source	Steiner, G.; Kabat, A. R. (2004). Catalog of species-group names of Recent and fossil Scaphopoda (Mollusca). Zoosystema. 26 (4): 549-726.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Bathoxiphus ensiculus (Jeffreys, 1877). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139690