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Beringius behringi   (Middendorff, 1848)

Behring's whelk
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Beringius behringi

Alaska country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Based on type locality, St. Paul Island, Bering Sea (Ref. 116516). Known from Norton Sound (Ref. 114916), Kodiak Island and Arctic Alaska (Refs. 116516, 124566) and Barrow Canyon (Ref. 121993). C: Refs. 114916, 121993, 124566; M: Ref. 124566; O: Ref. 116516.
National Checklist:
Country Information:
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.state.ak.us/local/akpages/FISH.GAME/adfghome.htm
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Feder, H.M. and S.C. Jewett, 1977
National Database:

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Classification / Names / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

Gastropoda > Neogastropoda () > Buccinidae (buccinum whelks)

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Benthic; depth range 7 - 200 m (Ref. 116516).   Polar

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Arctic and Northern Pacific.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

This species is a non-broadcast spawner. Life cycle does not include trocophore stage.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Drumm, D.T., K.P. Maslenikov, R. Van Syoc, J.W. Orr, R.R. Lauth, D.E. Stevenson and T.W. Pietsch. 2016. (Ref. 116516)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

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Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.