Bridouxia giraudi
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Shell of Bridouxia giraudi (syntype at MNHN, Paris) | |
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Species: | B. giraudi
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Bridouxia giraudi Bourguignat, 1885[2]
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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 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
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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
- ^ 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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