The United States Fish and Wildlife Service considers the Coffin Cave mold beetle to be an endangered species.

[1] The Coffin Cave mold beetle was described as a new species in 1992 by Donald S. Chandler, who gave it the scientific name Batrisodes texanus and placed it in the subgenus Excavodes.

[5] The United States Fish and Wildlife Service still refers to it as the Coffin Cave mold beetle as of 2018.

The southernmost extent of its range crosses the South Fork of the San Gabriel River, terminating at the Inner Space Caverns.

[7] Even though the Coffin Cave mold beetle was not described until 1992, it has been considered listed under the United States Endangered Species Act of 1973 since 1988.