Bridouxia praeclara

Bridouxia praeclara is a species of tropical freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Paludomidae.

Bridouxia praeclara

Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily:
Cerithioidea
Family:
Paludomidae
Subfamily:
Hauttecoeuriinae
Tribe:
Spekiini
Genus:
Bridouxia
Species:
B. praeclara
Binomial name
Bridouxia praeclara
Synonyms[1][3]
  • Giraudia praeclara Bourguignat, 1885
  • Bridouxiana praeclara Bourguignat [orth. error]

This species is found in Burundi, Tanzania, and Zambia.[1] Its natural habitat is freshwater lakes. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References
  1. Nicayenzi F., Ngereza C. & Lange C. N. (2004). Bridouxia praeclara. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine Downloaded on 6 August 2007.
  2. Bourguignat J. R. (1885). Notice prodromique sur les mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles recueillis par M. Victor Giraud dans la region méridionale du lac Tanganika. pages 62-63.
  3. Brown D. S. (1994). Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 0-7484-0026-5.


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