Bridouxia Explained

Bridouxia is a genus of small tropical freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Paludomidae.

Species of this genus are endemic to the Lake Tanganyika.

Species

Species within the genus Bridouxia include:

• Bridouxia giraudi Bourguignat, 1885^[1] - type species^[2]
• Bridouxia leucoraphe (Ancey, 1890)^[3]
• Bridouxia ponsonbyi (Smith, 1889)^[4]
• Bridouxia praeclara (Bourguignat, 1885)^[5]
• Bridouxia rotundata (Smith, 1904)^[6]
• Bridouxia smithiana (Bourguignat, 1885)^[7]

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.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Lange, C. . 2010 . Bridouxia giraudi . 2010 . e.T44241A10879785 . 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T44241A10879785.en . 17 November 2021.
2. Brown D. S. (1994). Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance. Taylor & Francis. .
3. Ngereza, C. . 2010 . Ponsonbya leucoraphe . 2010 . e.T44242A10880043 . 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T44242A10880043.en . 17 November 2021.
4. Ngereza, C. . 2010 . Bridouxia ponsonbyi . 2010 . e.T44243A10880301 . 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T44243A10880301.en . 17 November 2021.
5. Ngereza, C. . 2010 . Bridouxia praeclara . 2010 . e.T44244A10880547 . 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T44244A10880547.en . 17 November 2021.
6. Ngereza, C. . Nicayenzi, F. . Lange, C.N. . 2004 . Bridouxia rotundata . 2004 . e.T44245A10880814 . 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T44245A10880814.en . 17 November 2021.
7. Lange, C.N. . 2004 . Bridouxia smithiana . 2004 . e.T44246A10880951 . 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T44246A10880951.en . 17 November 2021.