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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Gastropoda
Subclassis: Caenogastropoda
Ordo: Neogastropoda
Superfamilia: Buccinoidea

Familia: Buccinidae
Subfamilia: Beringiinae
Genus: Beringius
Species: B. aleuticus – B. behringi – B. bogasoni – B. brychius – B. crebricostatus – B. eyerdami – B. frielei – B. indentatus – B. kennicotti – B. malleatus – B. stimpsoni – B. turtoni – B. undatus
Name

Beringius Dall, 1887: 304

Type species: Chrysodomus crebricostatus Dall, 1877
References

Dall, W.H. 1887. Supplementary notes on some species of mollusks from the Bering Sea and vicinity. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 9: 297–309, pls. 3-4. [Feb. 10, 1887].
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 23 January 2007. (Biodiversity Information Facility).
Warén, A., & S.M. Smith. 2006. A new North Atlantic species of Beringius (Gastropoda: Buccinidae) with commetns on B. turtoni. Journal of Conchology 39(2): 185–192.

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

References

WoRMS : Prosipho;accessed : 29 August 2010

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