''Roxania'' is a genus of
gastropods
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. Ther ...
belonging to the family
Alacuppidae
Alacuppidae is a family of often colorful, medium-sized, sea slugs, marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs o ...
.
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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 almost
cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, cosmopolitan distribution is the term for the range of a taxon that extends across all or most of the world in appropriate habitats. Such a taxon, usually a species, is said to exhibit cosmopolitanism or cosmopolitism. The ext ...
.
Species:
*''
Roxania aequatorialis''
* †''
Roxania alpha''
*''
Roxania argoblysis''
* †''
Roxania chipolana''
*''
Roxania eburneola''
* ''
Roxania japonica''
(Habe, 1976)
*''
Roxania lithensis''
*''
Roxania mediolaevigata''
*''
Roxania modesta''
*''
Roxania monterosatoi''
*''
Roxania morgana''
*''
Roxania pinguicula''
*''
Roxania pseudosemistriata''
*''
Roxania semilaevis''
*''
Roxania simillima''
*''
Roxania smithae''
*''
Roxania utriculus''
*''
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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Gastropods