Bridouxia ponsonbyi

Bridouxia ponsonbyi is a species of tropical freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Paludomidae.

Bridouxia ponsonbyi

Near Threatened  (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. ponsonbyi
Binomial name
Bridouxia ponsonbyi
(Smith, 1889)
Synonyms

Bridouxiana ponsonbyi Smith [orth. error]

This species is found in Burundi, Tanzania, and Zambia. Its natural habitat is freshwater lakes. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References
  1. 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.


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