Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > 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

Species group names

*Dentalium ensiculus*	Jeffreys, 1877	synonym

Literature

original description	Jeffreys J.G. (1877). New and peculiar Mollusca of the order Solenoconchia procured during the Valorous expedition.. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4)19: 154-158
basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
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.
additional source	Rosenberg, G. 1992. Encyclopedia of Seashells. Dorset: New York. 224 pp.
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

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
GBIF

Citation

Rosenberg, G.; Scarabino, V.; Gofas, S. (2014). Bathoxiphus ensiculus (Jeffreys, 1877). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139690