Bridouxia

Bridouxia is a genus of small[4] tropical freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Paludomidae.

Bridouxia
Shell of Bridouxia giraudi (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Clade:	Caenogastropoda
Clade:	Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily:	Cerithioidea
Family:	Paludomidae
Genus:	Bridouxia Bourguignat, 1885[1]
Type species
Bridouxia giraudi Bourguignat, 1885
Synonyms
Baizea Bourguignat, 1885[1] Coulboisia Bourguignat, 1888[2] Giraudia Bourguignat, 1885[1] Lechaptoisia Ancey, 1894[3]

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]

References

1. 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.
2. Bourguignat J. R. (1888). Icon. Malac. Moll. Fluv. Tanganika, 39, 40.
3. Ancey C. F. (1894). Bull. Soc. zool. France 19: 29.
4. Brown D. S. (1994). Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 0-7484-0026-5.
5. Lange C. N. & Nicayenzi F. (2004). Bridouxia giraudi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine Downloaded on 6 August 2007.
6. Ngereza C. & Lange C. N. (2004). Bridouxia leucoraphe. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine Downloaded on 6 August 2007.
7. Nicayenzi F., Ngereza C. & Lange C. N. (2004). Bridouxia ponsonbyi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine Downloaded on 6 August 2007.
8. 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.
9. Ngereza C., Nicayenzi F. & Lange C. N. (2004). Bridouxia rotundata. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine Downloaded on 6 August 2007.
10. Lange C. N. (2004). Bridouxia smithiana. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine Downloaded on 6 August 2007.