Bridouxia giraudi

Bridouxia giraudi is a species of tropical freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Paludomidae. [3]

Bridouxia giraudi
Shell of Bridouxia giraudi (syntype at MNHN, Paris)

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily:
Cerithioidea
Family:
Paludomidae
Subfamily:
Hauttecoeuriinae
Tribe:
Spekiini
Genus:
Bridouxia
Species:
B. giraudi
Binomial name
Bridouxia giraudi
Synonyms
  • Baizea giraudi Bourguignat, 1885
  • Bridouxiana giraudi Bourguignat [orth. error]
  • Bridouxia costata Bourguignat, 1885
  • Bridouxia reymondi Bourguignat, 1885
  • Bridouxia villeserriana Bourguignat, 1885
  • Giraudia grandidieriana Bourguignat, 1885
  • Giraudia praeclara Bourguignat, 1885

Bridouxia giraudi is the type species of the genus Bridouxia.[4]

This species is found in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, and Zambia.[1] Its natural habitat is freshwater lakes.

References
  1. 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.
  2. 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 30.
  3. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Bridouxia giraudi Bourguignat, 1885. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1061253 on 2020-06-19
  4. Brown D. S. (1994). Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 0-7484-0026-5.
  • Bourguignat, J. R., 1888 Iconographie malacologique des animaux mollusques fluviatiles du lac Tanganika, p. 82 pp
  • Brown, D. S. (1980). Freshwater snails of Africa and their medical importance. Taylor & Francis, London. 1-487


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