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Bridouxia

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Paludomidae

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Cerithioidea

Subfamily
  
Hauttecoeuriinae

Similar
  
Paludomidae, Tiphobia horei, Thiaridae, Melanoides

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

Contents

Species of this genus are endemic to the Lake Tanganyika.

Species

Species within the genus Bridouxia include:

  • Bridouxia giraudi Bourguignat, 1885 - type species
  • Bridouxia leucoraphe (Ancey, 1890)
  • Bridouxia ponsonbyi (Smith, 1889)
  • Bridouxia praeclara (Bourguignat, 1885)
  • Bridouxia rotundata (Smith, 1904)
  • Bridouxia smithiana (Bourguignat, 1885)
  • Ecology

    They live on hard substrata in shallow water on shores of Lake Tanganyika.

    References

    Bridouxia Wikipedia


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