Rhodope (gastropod)

Rhodope
A specimen of Rhodope veranii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Infraclass: Mesoneura
Superfamily: Rhodopoidea
Family: Rhodopidae
Genus: Rhodope
Koelliker, 1847
Type species
Rhodope veranii Koelliker, 1847 (monotypy)
Synonyms
  • Sidonia Schulze, 1854

Rhodope is a genus of small meiofaunal sea slugs, shell-less vermiform gastropod mollusks in the family Rhodopidae. Their worm-like body structure differs considerably from typical gastropods, to the point of being mistaken for flatworms in the past.