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Beringius

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

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Within Vinony's link graph, Beringius is referenced by 10 other articles, and connects out to Mollusca, Beringius kennicottii and Animalia.

It is catalogued under the topic Buccinidae.

Its subject is documented across 9 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumMollusca
  3. ClassGastropoda
  4. OrderNeogastropoda
  5. FamilyBuccinidae
Habitatmarine, brackish

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
242
With media
11
Family
Buccinidae
Collections
LACM, UCMP, CAS, CMNH, USNM, SBMNH
Recorded in
United States, Japan, Canada

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Buccinidae
Image
Beringius kenicottii shell.jpg
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Commons category
Beringius
taxon name
Beringius
taxon rank
genus
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Encyclopedic overview

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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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Beringius” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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