Rhodea Explained

Rhodea is a genus of land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Achatinidae.^[1]

Authors of the genus provided no information about the etymology of this genus and its etymology remains unknown.

Distribution

Distribution of the genus Rhodea include Colombia and Ecuador.^[1]

Species

Species within the genus Rhodea include:

• Rhodea aequatoria Da Costa, 1899
• Rhodea barcrofti Pilsbry, 1958^[2]
• Rhodea californica (L. Pfeiffer, 1846)
• Rhodea cousini Jousseaume, 1900^[1]
• Rhodea crosseana Da Costa, 1899
• Rhodea gigantea Mousson, 1873^[3]
• Rhodea mariaalejandrae Grego, Šteffek & Infante, 2007^[4]
• Rhodea moussoni Grego, Šteffek & Infante, 2007^[4]
• Rhodea wallisiana Dohrn, 1875^{[2] [4]}

See also

A plant genus Rohdea is sometimes misspelled as Rhodea.

Further reading

• Correoso M. A. (2010). "Nuevo reporte y localidades de Rhodea cousini Jousseaume, 1900 (Gastropoda: Subulinidae) para el Ecuador". Revista Geospacial (Quito) 7: 45–51.

Notes and References

1. http://ashbreure.posterous.com/new-paper-on-rhodea "New paper on Rhodea"
2. [Henry Augustus Pilsbry|Pilsbry H. A.]
3. http://www.ashbreure.nl/snailblog/files/fdf1971531fc2442b53c61971dbd3743-353.html "Photo of the day (74): Rhodea"
4. 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.