Biology:Bridouxia

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Short description: Genus of gastropods

Bridouxia
Bridouxia reymondi (MNHN-IM-2000-32857).jpeg
Shell of Bridouxia giraudi (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification e
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
Synonyms
  • Baizea Bourguignat, 1885[1]
  • Coulboisia Bourguignat, 1888[2]
  • Giraudia Bourguignat, 1885[1]
  • Lechaptoisia Ancey, 1894[3]

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

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. Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 1.2 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 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. Jump up to: 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Brown D. S. (1994). Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance. Taylor & Francis. ISBN:0-7484-0026-5.
  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. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/44241/10879785. Retrieved 17 November 2021. 
  6. Ngereza, C. (2010). "Ponsonbya leucoraphe". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T44242A10880043. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T44242A10880043.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/44242/10880043. Retrieved 17 November 2021. 
  7. Ngereza, C. (2010). "Bridouxia ponsonbyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T44243A10880301. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T44243A10880301.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/44243/10880301. Retrieved 17 November 2021. 
  8. Ngereza, C. (2010). "Bridouxia praeclara". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T44244A10880547. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T44244A10880547.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/44244/10880547. Retrieved 17 November 2021. 
  9. 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. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/44245/10880814. Retrieved 17 November 2021. 
  10. Lange, C.N. (2004). "Bridouxia smithiana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2004: e.T44246A10880951. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T44246A10880951.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/44246/10880951. Retrieved 17 November 2021. 

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