''Roxania'' is a genus of
gastropods
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and from the land. Ther ...
belonging to the family
Alacuppidae.
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MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Roxania Leach, 1847. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137870 on 2022-01-04]
The genus has an almost
cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, a cosmopolitan distribution is the range of a taxon that extends across most or all of the surface of the Earth, in appropriate habitats; most cosmopolitan species are known to be highly adaptable to a range of climatic and en ...
.
Species:
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Roxania aequatorialis''
* †''
Roxania alpha''
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Roxania argoblysis''
* †''
Roxania chipolana''
*''
Roxania eburneola''
* ''
Roxania japonica''
(Habe, 1976)
*''
Roxania lithensis''
*''
Roxania mediolaevigata''
*''
Roxania modesta''
*''
Roxania monterosatoi''
*''
Roxania morgana''
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Roxania pinguicula''
*''
Roxania pseudosemistriata''
*''
Roxania semilaevis''
*''
Roxania simillima''
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Roxania smithae''
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Roxania utriculus''
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Roxania ventricosa''
;Synonyms:
* ''Roxania pacifica''
(Habe, 1956): synonym of ''
Mimatys pacifica''
(Habe, 1956)
* ''Roxania punctulata''
(A. Adams, 1862): synonym of ''
Mimatys punctulatus''
(A. Adams, 1862)
* ''Roxania subrotunda''
Monterosato, 1890: synonym of ''Roxania pinguicula''
(G. Seguenza, 1880)
* ''Roxania umbilicata''
(Habe, 1956): synonym of ''
Mimatys umbilicatus''
(Habe, 1956)
References
External links
Gray, J. E. (1847). On the classification of the British Mollusca by W E Leach. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (1) 20: 267-273
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Scaphandridae
Taxa described in 1847