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Roxania

Roxania is a genus of gastropods belonging to the family Alacuppidae.

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Roxania
Roxania utriculus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Infraclass: Euthyneura
Superfamily: Philinoidea
Family: Scaphandridae
Genus: Roxania
Leach, 1847
Synonyms1
  • Abderospira Dall, 1896
  • Atys (Roxania)
  • Bulla (Leucophysema) Dall, 1908
  • Bullina (Abderospira) Dall, 1896
  • Damoniella Iredale, 1918
  • Leucophysema Dall, 1908
  • Roscania Leach, 1852
  • Roxania J E Gray, 1847
  • Scaphander (Roxania)

Roxania is a genus of gastropods belonging to the family Alacuppidae.12

The genus has an almost cosmopolitan distribution.1

Species:1

  • Roxania aequatorialis Thiele, 1925
  • Roxania alpha (Mestayer, 1921)
  • Roxania argoblysis (Rehder & Ladd, 1973)
  • Roxania chipolana (Dall, 1896)
  • Roxania eburneola (Dall, 1927)
  • Roxania japonica (Habe, 1976)
  • Roxania lithensis (Sturany, 1903)
  • Roxania mediolaevigata Traub, 1938
  • Roxania modesta Traub, 1938
  • Roxania monterosatoi Dautzenberg & H.Fischer, 1896
  • Roxania morgana (Dall, 1908)
  • Roxania pinguicula (G.Seguenza, 1880)
  • Roxania pseudosemistriata Eames, 1952
  • Roxania semilaevis (G.Seguenza, 1880)
  • Roxania simillima Thiele, 1925
  • Roxania smithae Valdés, 2008
  • Roxania utriculus (Brocchi, 1814)
  • Roxania ventricosa Traub, 1938
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

References

  1. "Roxania". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  2. 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
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