Rhodea
Encyclopedia
Rhodea is a genus
of land snail
s, terrestrial
gastropod mollusks in the family Subulinidae
.
Authors of the genus provided no information about the etymology
of this genus and its etymology remains unknown.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of land snail
Land snail
A land snail is any of the many species of snail that live on land, as opposed to those that live in salt water and fresh water. Land snails are terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have shells, It is not always an easy matter to say which species are terrestrial, because some are more or less...
s, terrestrial
Terrestrial animal
Terrestrial animals are animals that live predominantly or entirely on land , as compared with aquatic animals, which live predominantly or entirely in the water , or amphibians, which rely on a combination of aquatic and terrestrial habitats...
gastropod mollusks in the family Subulinidae
Subulinidae
Subulinidae is a family of small tropical air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Achatinoidea.- Anatomy :...
.
Authors of the genus provided no information about the etymology
Etymology
Etymology is the study of the history of words, their origins, and how their form and meaning have changed over time.For languages with a long written history, etymologists make use of texts in these languages and texts about the languages to gather knowledge about how words were used during...
of this genus and its etymology remains unknown.
Distribution
Distribution of the genus Rhodea include Colombia and Ecuador.Species
Species within the genus Rhodea include:- Rhodea barcrofti Pilsbry, 1958
- Rhodea cousini Jousseaume, 1900
- Rhodea gigantea Mousson, 1873
- Rhodea mariaalejandrae ..., 2007
- Rhodea moussoni ..., 2007
- Rhodea wallisiana Dohrn
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.