Rhodea is a genus of land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Achatinidae.[4][3][5]
| Rhodea | |
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| Rhodea maxima shell | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Suborder: | Achatinina |
| Superfamily: | Achatinoidea |
| Family: | Achatinidae |
| Subfamily: | Stenogyrinae |
| Genus: | Rhodea H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855[1] |
| Diversity[2][3] | |
| 9 species | |
Authors of the genus provided no information about the etymology of this genus and its etymology remains unknown.[6]
Distribution
editDistribution of the genus Rhodea include Colombia[3] and Ecuador.[5][6]
Species
editSpecies within the genus Rhodea include:
- Rhodea aequatoria Da Costa, 1899[3]
- Rhodea barcrofti Pilsbry, 1958[6][3]
- Rhodea californica (L. Pfeiffer, 1846)[3]
- Rhodea cousini Jousseaume, 1900[5][3]
- Rhodea crosseana Da Costa, 1899[3]
- Rhodea gigantea Mousson, 1873[2][3]
- Rhodea mariaalejandrae Grego, Šteffek & Infante, 2007[3]
- Rhodea moussoni Grego, Šteffek & Infante, 2007[3]
- Rhodea wallisiana Dohrn, 1875[6][3]
See also
editA plant genus Rohdea is sometimes misspelled as Rhodea.
References
edit- ^ Adams H. & Adams A. (1855). Gen. Rec. Moll. 2: 135.
- ^ a b "Photo of the day (74): Rhodea". Bram's Snail Site, published 26 October 2009, accessed 1 April 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Grego J., Šteffek J. & Infante A. P. (2007). "Review of the genus Rhodea (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Subulinidae), with description of two new species from Colombia". Basteria 71(1-3): 13-28. abstract.
- ^ Bank, R. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16th, 2017.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 10 January 2019.
- ^ a b c "New paper on Rhodea". Ashbreure's posterous, published 1 April 2011, accessed 1 April 2011.
- ^ a b c d Pilsbry H. A. (1958). "A Colombian species of the Genus Rhodea". The Nautilus 71(3): 83-84, plate 9.
Further reading
edit- Correoso M. A. (2010). "Nuevo reporte y localidades de Rhodea cousini Jousseaume, 1900 (Gastropoda: Subulinidae) para el Ecuador". Revista Geospacial (Quito) 7: 45–51.
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