Bridouxia
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| Bridouxia | |
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| Shell of Bridouxia giraudi (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Cerithioidea |
| Family: | Paludomidae |
| Genus: | Bridouxia Bourguignat, 1885[1] |
| Type species | |
| Bridouxia giraudi Bourguignat, 1885
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| Synonyms | |
Bridouxia is a genus of small[4] tropical freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Paludomidae.
Species of this genus are endemic to the Lake Tanganyika.[4]
Species[edit]
Species within the genus Bridouxia include:
- Bridouxia giraudi Bourguignat, 1885[5] - type species[4]
- Bridouxia leucoraphe (Ancey, 1890)[6]
- Bridouxia ponsonbyi (Smith, 1889)[7]
- Bridouxia praeclara (Bourguignat, 1885)[8]
- Bridouxia rotundata (Smith, 1904)[9]
- Bridouxia smithiana (Bourguignat, 1885)[10]
- 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[edit]
They live on hard substrata in shallow water on shores of Lake Tanganyika.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ a b c d 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.