Rhodea
Genus of gastropods
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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  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| 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
Species
Species 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
A plant genus Rohdea is sometimes misspelled as Rhodea.
