Bridouxia
Genus of gastropods
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Bridouxia is a genus of small[4] tropical freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Paludomidae.
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| Bridouxia | |
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| Shell of Bridouxia giraudi (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | incertae sedis |
| Superfamily: | Cerithioidea |
| Family: | Paludomidae |
| Genus: | Bridouxia Bourguignat, 1885[1] |
| Type species | |
| Bridouxia giraudi Bourguignat, 1885 | |
| Synonyms | |
Species of this genus are endemic to the Lake Tanganyika.[4]
Species
Species within the genus Bridouxia include:
- Bridouxia giraudi Bourguignat, 1885[5] - type species[4]
- Bridouxia leucoraphe (Ancey, 1890)[6]
- Bridouxia ponsonbyi (Smith, 1889)[7]
- Bridouxia praeclara (Bourguignat, 1885)[8]
- Bridouxia rotundata (Smith, 1904)[9]
- Bridouxia smithiana (Bourguignat, 1885)[10]
- 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]