Bridouxia
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| Shell of Bridouxia giraudi (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | incertae sedis |
| Superfamily: | Cerithioidea |
| Family: | Paludomidae |
| Genus: | Bridouxia Bourguignat, 1885 |
| Type species | |
| Bridouxia giraudi Bourguignat, 1885 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Bridouxia is a genus of small tropical freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Paludomidae.
Species of this genus are endemic to the Lake Tanganyika.
Species
Species within the genus Bridouxia include:
- Bridouxia giraudi Bourguignat, 1885 - type species
- Bridouxia leucoraphe (Ancey, 1890)
- Bridouxia ponsonbyi (Smith, 1889)
- Bridouxia praeclara (Bourguignat, 1885)
- Bridouxia rotundata (Smith, 1904)
- Bridouxia smithiana (Bourguignat, 1885)
- Species brought into synonymy
- Bridouxia costata Bourguignat, 1885: synonym of Bridouxia giraudi Bourguignat, 1885
- Bridouxia reymondi Bourguignat, 1885: synonym of Bridouxia giraudi Bourguignat, 1885
- Bridouxia villeserriana Bourguignat, 1885: synonym of Bridouxia giraudi Bourguignat, 1885
Ecology
They live on hard substrata in shallow water on shores of Lake Tanganyika.
References
- 1 2 3 Bourguignat J. R. (1885). Notice prodromique sur les mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles recueillis par M. Victor Giraud dans la region méridionale du lac Tanganika page 10-11, 29.
- ↑ Bourguignat J. R. (1888). Icon. Malac. Moll. Fluv. Tanganika, 39, 40.
- ↑ Ancey C. F. (1894). Bull. Soc. zool. France 19: 29.
- 1 2 3 4 Brown D. S. (1994). Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 0-7484-0026-5.
- ↑ Lange, C. (2010). "Bridouxia giraudi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010 e.T44241A10879785. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T44241A10879785.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ↑ Ngereza, C. (2010). "Ponsonbya leucoraphe". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010 e.T44242A10880043. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T44242A10880043.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ↑ Ngereza, C. (2010). "Bridouxia ponsonbyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010 e.T44243A10880301. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T44243A10880301.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ↑ Ngereza, C. (2010). "Bridouxia praeclara". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010 e.T44244A10880547. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T44244A10880547.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ↑ Ngereza, C.; Nicayenzi, F.; Lange, C.N. (2004). "Bridouxia rotundata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004 e.T44245A10880814. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T44245A10880814.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ↑ Lange, C.N. (2004). "Bridouxia smithiana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004 e.T44246A10880951. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T44246A10880951.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.