Bridouxia
| Bridouxia | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Sorbeoconcha |
| Superfamily: | Cerithioidea |
| Family: | Paludomidae |
| Subfamily: | Hauttecoeuriinae |
| Tribe: | Spekiini[1][2] |
| Genus: | Bridouxia Bourguignat, 1885[3] |
| Diversity[1] | |
| 6 species | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Bridouxia is a genus of small[1] tropical freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Paludomidae.
Species of this genus are endemic to the Lake Tanganyika.[1]
Species
Species within the genus Bridouxia include:
- Bridouxia giraudi Bourguignat, 1885[6] - type species[1]
- Bridouxia leucoraphe (Ancey, 1890)[7]
- Bridouxia ponsonbyi (Smith, 1889)[8]
- Bridouxia praeclara (Bourguignat, 1885)[9]
- Bridouxia rotundata (Smith, 1904)[10]
- Bridouxia smithiana (Bourguignat, 1885)[11]
Ecology
They live on hard substrata in shallow water on shores of Lake Tanganyika.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Brown D. S. (1994). Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 0-7484-0026-5.
- ↑ Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P., Frýda J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Valdés Á. & Warén A. (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology (Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks) 47 (1-2): 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
- 1 2 3 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.
- ↑ Bourguignat J. R. (1888). Icon. Malac. Moll. Fluv. Tanganika, 39, 40.
- ↑ Ancey C. F. (1894). Bull. Soc. zool. France 19: 29.
- ↑ Lange C. N. & Nicayenzi F. (2004). Bridouxia giraudi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 6 August 2007.
- ↑ Ngereza C. & Lange C. N. (2004). Bridouxia leucoraphe. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 6 August 2007.
- ↑ Nicayenzi F., Ngereza C. & Lange C. N. (2004). Bridouxia ponsonbyi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 6 August 2007.
- ↑ Nicayenzi F., Ngereza C. & Lange C. N. (2004). Bridouxia praeclara. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 6 August 2007.
- ↑ Ngereza C., Nicayenzi F. & Lange C. N. (2004). Bridouxia rotundata. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 6 August 2007.
- ↑ Lange C. N. (2004). Bridouxia smithiana. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 6 August 2007.
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