Bridouxia

Updated on Dec 09, 2024

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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.

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)

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

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