Deep-Sea taxon details
Bathoxiphus ensiculus (Jeffreys, 1877)
139690 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139690)
accepted
Species
Dentalium ensiculus Jeffreys, 1877 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Dentalium ensiculus Jeffreys, 1877) Jeffreys J.G. (1877). New and peculiar Mollusca of the order Solenoconchia procured during the <i>Valorous</i> expedition.. <i>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4)19</i>: 154-158, available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26456780
page(s): 154 [details]
page(s): 154 [details]
Distribution 41°N to 22°N; 85°W to 0°W, Georges Bank to West Indies, 353 to 3316 m
Distribution 41°N to 22°N; 85°W to 0°W, Georges Bank to West Indies, 353 to 3316 m [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Bathoxiphus ensiculus (Jeffreys, 1877). Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139690 on 2026-02-02
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Bathoxiphus ensiculus (Jeffreys, 1877). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139690 on 2026-02-02
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(of Dentalium ensiculus Jeffreys, 1877) Jeffreys J.G. (1877). New and peculiar Mollusca of the order Solenoconchia procured during the <i>Valorous</i> expedition.. <i>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4)19</i>: 154-158, available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26456780
page(s): 154 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
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. <em>Iheringia, ser. Zoologia.</em> 110: e2020023., available online at https://doi.org/10.1590/1678-4766e2020023
page(s): 2, figs 1-18 [details]
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. [details]
status source Steiner, G.; Kabat, A. R. (2004). Catalog of species-group names of Recent and fossil Scaphopoda (Mollusca). <em>Zoosystema.</em> 26 (4): 549-726., available online at https://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/en/periodiques/zoosystema/26/4/catalogue-des-noms-du-groupe-espece-de-scaphopodes-mollusca-recents-et-fossiles [details]
page(s): 154 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
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. <em>Iheringia, ser. Zoologia.</em> 110: e2020023., available online at https://doi.org/10.1590/1678-4766e2020023
page(s): 2, figs 1-18 [details]
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. [details]
status source Steiner, G.; Kabat, A. R. (2004). Catalog of species-group names of Recent and fossil Scaphopoda (Mollusca). <em>Zoosystema.</em> 26 (4): 549-726., available online at https://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/en/periodiques/zoosystema/26/4/catalogue-des-noms-du-groupe-espece-de-scaphopodes-mollusca-recents-et-fossiles [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution 41°N to 22°N; 85°W to 0°W, Georges Bank to West Indies, 353 to 3316 m [details]Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
Habitat bathyal to abyssal [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (29 publications) (from synonym Dentalium ensiculus Jeffreys, 1877)
To Malacopics (Bathoxiphus ensiculus (Jeffreys, 1877) )
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Dentalium ensiculus Jeffreys, 1877)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Dentalium ensiculus Jeffreys, 1877)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (29 publications) (from synonym Dentalium ensiculus Jeffreys, 1877)
To Malacopics (Bathoxiphus ensiculus (Jeffreys, 1877) )
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Dentalium ensiculus Jeffreys, 1877)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Dentalium ensiculus Jeffreys, 1877)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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