Rhodea
| Rhodea | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Achatinoidea |
| Family: | Subulinidae |
| Genus: | Rhodea H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855[1] |
| Diversity[2] | |
| 9 species | |
Rhodea is a genus of land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Subulinidae.[3][4]
Authors of the genus provided no information about the etymology of this genus and its etymology remains unknown.[5]
Distribution
Distribution of the genus Rhodea include Colombia[3] and Ecuador.[4][5]
Species
Species within the genus Rhodea include:
- Rhodea barcrofti Pilsbry, 1958[5]
- Rhodea cousini Jousseaume, 1900[4]
- Rhodea gigantea Mousson, 1873[2]
- Rhodea mariaalejandrae ..., 2007[3]
- Rhodea moussoni ..., 2007[3]
- Rhodea wallisiana Dohrn[5]
See also
A plant genus Rohdea is sometimes misspelled as Rhodea.
References
- ↑ Adams H. & Adams A. (1855). Gen. Rec. Moll. 2: 135.
- 1 2 "Photo of the day (74): Rhodea". Bram's Snail Site, published 26 October 2009, accessed 1 April 2011.
- 1 2 3 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.
- 1 2 3 "New paper on Rhodea". Ashbreure's posterous, published 1 April 2011, accessed 1 April 2011.
- 1 2 3 4 Pilsbry H. A. (1958). "A Colombian species of the Genus Rhodea". The Nautilus 71(3): 83-84, plate 9.
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.
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