Rhodea is a genus of land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Achatinidae."New paper on Rhodea" . Ashbreure's posterous, published 1 April 2011, accessed 1 April 2011.
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.
Species Species within the genus Rhodea include: Rhodea aequatoria Da Costa, 1899 Rhodea barcrofti Pilsbry, 1958Pilsbry H. A. (1958). "A Colombian species of the Genus Rhodea". The Nautilus 71(3): 83-84, plate 9. Rhodea californica (L. Pfeiffer, 1846) Rhodea cousini Jousseaume, 1900 Rhodea crosseana Da Costa, 1899 Rhodea gigantea Mousson, 1873"Photo of the day (74): Rhodea". Bram's Snail Site, published 26 October 2009, accessed 1 April 2011. Rhodea mariaalejandrae Grego, Šteffek & Infante, 2007Grego 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. Rhodea moussoni Grego, Šteffek & Infante, 2007 Rhodea wallisiana Dohrn, 1875
See also A plant genus Rohdea is sometimes misspelled as Rhodea.
References
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.