Bridouxia

Bridouxia is a genus of small[4] tropical freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Paludomidae.

Bridouxia
Shell of Bridouxia giraudi (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily: Cerithioidea
Family: Paludomidae
Genus: Bridouxia
Bourguignat, 1885[1]
Type species
Bridouxia giraudi Bourguignat, 1885
Synonyms

Species of this genus are endemic to the Lake Tanganyika.[4]

Species

Species within the genus Bridouxia include:

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.[4]

References

  1. 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.
  2. Bourguignat J. R. (1888). Icon. Malac. Moll. Fluv. Tanganika, 39, 40.
  3. Ancey C. F. (1894). Bull. Soc. zool. France 19: 29.
  4. Brown D. S. (1994). Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 0-7484-0026-5.
  5. Lange C. N. & Nicayenzi F. (2004). Bridouxia giraudi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine Downloaded on 6 August 2007.
  6. Ngereza C. & Lange C. N. (2004). Bridouxia leucoraphe. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine Downloaded on 6 August 2007.
  7. Nicayenzi F., Ngereza C. & Lange C. N. (2004). Bridouxia ponsonbyi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine Downloaded on 6 August 2007.
  8. Nicayenzi F., Ngereza C. & Lange C. N. (2004). Bridouxia praeclara. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine Downloaded on 6 August 2007.
  9. Ngereza C., Nicayenzi F. & Lange C. N. (2004). Bridouxia rotundata. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine Downloaded on 6 August 2007.
  10. Lange C. N. (2004). Bridouxia smithiana. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine Downloaded on 6 August 2007.
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