''Rhodea'' is a

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s, terrestrial

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s 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 Etymology ()The New Oxford Dictionary of English (1998) – p. 633 "Etymology /ˌɛtɪˈmɒlədʒi/ the study of the class in words and the way their meanings have changed throughout time". is the study of the history of the Phonological chan ...

of this genus and its etymology remains unknown.

Distribution

Distribution of the genus ''Rhodea'' include

Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...

and

Ecuador Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ''Eku ...

Species

Species within the genus ''Rhodea'' include: * '' Rhodea aequatoria'' Da Costa, 1899 * '' Rhodea barcrofti'' Pilsbry, 1958 Pilsbry H. A. (1958). "A Colombian species of the Genus ''Rhodea''". ''The Nautilus'' 71(3)
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plate 9. * '' Rhodea californica'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1846) * '' Rhodea cousini'' Jousseaume, 1900 * '' Rhodea crosseana'' Da Costa, 1899 * ''

Rhodea gigantea ''Rhodea'' is a genus of land snails, terrestrial animal, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Achatinidae.

'' 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
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* '' Rhodea moussoni'' Grego, Šteffek & Infante, 2007 * '' Rhodea wallisiana'' Dohrn, 1875

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