# Beringius

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{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}}
{{Automatic_taxobox 
| image = Beringius kenicottii shell.jpg 
| image_caption = Apertural view of the shell of ''[Beringius kenicottii](/source/Beringius_kenicottii)''
| taxon = Beringius
| authority = [Dall](/source/W._H._Dall), 1887
| synonyms = 
* ''Beringion'' <small>Habe & Ito, 1965</small>
* ''Beringius'' (''Beringion'') <small>Habe & Ito, 1965</small>
* ''Beringius'' (''Neoberingius'') <small>Habe & Ito, 1965</small>
* ''Chrysodomus'' (''Beringius'') <small>Dall, 1887</small>
* ''Jumala'' <small>Friele, 1882</small>
* ''Ukko'' <small>Friele, 1893</small>
}}

'''''Beringius''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of large [sea snail](/source/sea_snail)s or true [whelk](/source/whelk)s, a [marine](/source/marine_(ocean)) [gastropod](/source/gastropod) [mollusc](/source/mollusc)s in the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Buccinidae](/source/Buccinidae), the true whelks.

''Beringius'' is the [type genus](/source/type_genus) of the subfamily Beringiinae.

== Species ==
According to the [World Register of Marine Species](/source/World_Register_of_Marine_Species) the following species with valid names are included within the genus ''Beringius'' :<ref>[http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196936 WoRMS : Prosipho;accessed : 29 August 2010]</ref>
* ''[Beringius aleuticus](/source/Beringius_aleuticus)'' <small>Dall, 1895</small>
* ''[Beringius behringii](/source/Beringius_behringii)'' <small>(Middendorff, 1848)</small>
* ''[Beringius bogasoni](/source/Beringius_bogasoni)'' <small>Warén & S. M. Smith, 2006</small>
* ''[Beringius crebricostatus](/source/Beringius_crebricostatus)'' <small>(Dall, 1877)</small>
* ''[Beringius eyerdami](/source/Beringius_eyerdami)'' <small>A. G. Smith, 1959</small>
* ''[Beringius indentatus](/source/Beringius_indentatus)'' <small>Dall, 1919</small>
* ''[Beringius kennicottii](/source/Beringius_kennicottii)'' <small>(Dall, 1871)</small>
* ''[Beringius marshalli](/source/Beringius_marshalli)'' <small>Dall, 1919</small>
* ''[Beringius polynematicus](/source/Beringius_polynematicus)'' <small>Pilsbry, 1907</small>
* ''[Beringius stimpsoni](/source/Beringius_stimpsoni)'' <small>(Gould, 1860)</small>
* ''[Beringius turtoni](/source/Beringius_turtoni)'' <small>(Bean, 1834)</small>
* ''[Beringius undatus](/source/Beringius_undatus)'' <small>Dall, 1919</small>

==References==
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Category:Buccinidae

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