Beringius

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

Beringius
Apertural view of the shell of Beringius kenicottii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Buccinidae
Subfamily:	Beringiinae
Genus:	Beringius Dall, 1887
Synonyms
Beringion Habe & Ito, 1965 Beringius (Beringion) Habe & Ito, 1965 Beringius (Neoberingius) Habe & Ito, 1965 Chrysodomus (Beringius) Dall, 1887 Jumala Friele, 1882 Ukko Friele, 1893

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