Genus Exiloberingius n. gen.

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Diagnosis: shell pyriform, canal short, shell extremely thin, fragile, reinforced with thicker interior deposition along the columella and final lip; periostracum fibrous in thick axial ridges below suture; axial and spiral sculpture weak or lacking.

Type species: Exiloberingius fragilis McLean & Clark, n. sp. (HD).

Remarks: differs from all other Beringiinae by the excessively thin, poorly calcified shell, and the thick, fibrous periostracum. One Aleutian species.