Beringius Explained

Beringius is a genus of large sea snails or true whelks, a marine gastropod molluscs in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.

Beringius is the type genus of the subfamily Beringiinae.

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species the following species with valid names are included within the genus Beringius :^[1]

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

Notes and References

1. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196936 WoRMS : Prosipho;accessed : 29 August 2010