# Roxania

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{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|image = Roxania utriculus.png
|image_caption = ''[Roxania utriculus](/source/Roxania_utriculus)''
|taxon = Roxania
|authority = [Leach](/source/William_Elford_Leach), 1847
| synonyms =
* †''Abderospira'' <small>[Dall](/source/William_Healey_Dall), 1896</small>
* ''Atys (Roxania)''
* ''Bulla (Leucophysema)'' <small>Dall, 1908</small>
* † ''Bullina (Abderospira)'' <small>Dall, 1896</small> 
*''Damoniella'' <small>[Iredale](/source/Tom_Iredale), 1918</small>
*''Leucophysema'' <small>Dall, 1908</small>
*''Roscania'' <small>Leach, 1852</small>
*''Roxania'' <small>[J E Gray](/source/John_Edward_Gray), 1847</small>
* ''Scaphander (Roxania)''
| synonyms_ref = <ref name="GBIF"/>
|display_parents= 3
}}

'''''Roxania''''' is a genus of [gastropods](/source/gastropods) belonging to the family [Alacuppidae](/source/Alacuppidae).<ref name="GBIF">{{GBIF |id=11291606 |taxon=''Roxania'' |accessdate=17 October 2021}}</ref><ref name="WoRMS">
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</ref>

The genus has an almost [cosmopolitan distribution](/source/cosmopolitan_distribution).<ref name="GBIF"/>

Species:<ref name="GBIF"/>

*''[Roxania aequatorialis](/source/Roxania_aequatorialis)'' {{small|Thiele, 1925}}
* †''[Roxania alpha](/source/Roxania_alpha)'' {{small|(Mestayer, 1921)}}
*''[Roxania argoblysis](/source/Roxania_argoblysis)'' {{small|(Rehder & Ladd, 1973)}}
* †''[Roxania chipolana](/source/Roxania_chipolana)'' {{small|(Dall, 1896)}}
*''[Roxania eburneola](/source/Roxania_eburneola)'' {{small|(Dall, 1927)}}
* ''[Roxania japonica](/source/Roxania_japonica)'' <small>(Habe, 1976)</small>
*''[Roxania lithensis](/source/Roxania_lithensis)'' {{small|(Sturany, 1903)}}
*''[Roxania mediolaevigata](/source/Roxania_mediolaevigata)'' {{small|Traub, 1938}}
*''[Roxania modesta](/source/Roxania_modesta)'' {{small|Traub, 1938}}
*''[Roxania monterosatoi](/source/Roxania_monterosatoi)'' {{small|Dautzenberg & H.Fischer, 1896}}
*''[Roxania morgana](/source/Roxania_morgana)'' {{small|(Dall, 1908)}}
*''[Roxania pinguicula](/source/Roxania_pinguicula)'' {{small|(G.Seguenza, 1880)}}
*''[Roxania pseudosemistriata](/source/Roxania_pseudosemistriata)'' {{small|Eames, 1952}}
*''[Roxania semilaevis](/source/Roxania_semilaevis)'' {{small|(G.Seguenza, 1880)}}
*''[Roxania simillima](/source/Roxania_simillima)'' {{small|Thiele, 1925}}
*''[Roxania smithae](/source/Roxania_smithae)'' {{small|Valdés, 2008}}
*''[Roxania utriculus](/source/Roxania_utriculus)'' {{small|(Brocchi, 1814)}}
*''[Roxania ventricosa](/source/Roxania_ventricosa)'' {{small|Traub, 1938}}
;Synonyms:
* ''Roxania pacifica'' <small>(Habe, 1956)</small>: synonym of ''[Mimatys pacifica](/source/Mimatys_pacifica)'' <small>(Habe, 1956)</small>
* ''Roxania punctulata'' <small>(A. Adams, 1862)</small>: synonym of ''[Mimatys punctulatus](/source/Mimatys_punctulatus)'' <small>(A. Adams, 1862)</small>
* ''Roxania subrotunda'' <small>Monterosato, 1890</small>: synonym of ''Roxania pinguicula''<small> (G. Seguenza, 1880)</small>
* ''Roxania umbilicata'' <small>(Habe, 1956)</small>: synonym of ''[Mimatys umbilicatus](/source/Mimatys_umbilicatus)''<small> (Habe, 1956)</small>

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2278926 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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Category:Scaphandridae
Category:Taxa described in 1847
Category:Taxa named by William Elford Leach

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