''Beringius'' is a

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of large

sea snail Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...

s or true

whelk Whelks are any of several carnivorous sea snail species with a swirling, tapered shell. Many are eaten by humans, such as the common whelk of the North Atlantic. Most whelks belong to the family Buccinidae and are known as "true whelks." Othe ...

s, a marine

gastropod Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...

mollusc Mollusca is a phylum of protostome, protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant taxon, extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum ...

s in the

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Buccinidae The Buccinidae are a very large and diverse taxonomic family of large sea snails, often known as whelks or true whelks.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2010). Buccinidae. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Ac ...

, the true whelks. ''Beringius'' is the

type genus In biological taxonomy, the type genus (''genus typica'') is the genus which defines a biological family and the root of the family name. Zoological nomenclature According to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, "The name-bearin ...

of the subfamily Beringiinae.

Species

According to the

World Register of Marine Species The World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) is a taxonomic database that aims to provide an authoritative and comprehensive catalogue and list of names of marine organisms. Content The content of the registry is edited and maintained by scien ...

the following species with valid names are included within the genus ''Beringius'' :WoRMS : Prosipho;accessed : 29 August 2010
/ref> * '' Beringius aleuticus'' Dall, 1895 * '' Beringius behringii'' (Middendorff, 1848) * '' Beringius bogasoni'' Warén & S. M. Smith, 2006 * '' Beringius crebricostatus'' (Dall, 1877) * '' Beringius eyerdami'' A. G. Smith, 1959 * '' Beringius indentatus'' Dall, 1919 * ''

Beringius kennicottii ''Beringius kennicottii'' is a species of sea snail.Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D. (eds.) (8 March 2011). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: ...

'' (Dall, 1871) * '' Beringius marshalli'' Dall, 1919 * '' Beringius polynematicus'' Pilsbry, 1907 * '' Beringius stimpsoni'' (Gould, 1860) * '' Beringius turtoni'' (Bean, 1834) * '' Beringius undatus'' Dall, 1919

References

Buccinidae {{Buccinidae-stub