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. 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. 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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