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
6 species[1]
Synonyms[1]
Baizea Bourguignat, 1885[3] Coulboisia Bourguignat, 1888[4] Giraudia Bourguignat, 1885[3] Lechaptoisia Ancey, 1894[5]

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. ^ ^{a b c d e f g} Brown D. S. (1994). Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 0 7484 0026 5.
2. ^ 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 3925919724. ISSN 0076-2997. http://www.archive.org/details/malacologia47122005inst. 
3. ^ ^{a b c} 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.
4. ^ Bourguignat J. R. (1888). Icon. Malac. Moll. Fluv. Tanganika, 39, 40.
5. ^ Ancey C. F. (1894). Bull. Soc. zool. France 19: 29.
6. ^ Lange C. N. & Nicayenzi F. (2004). Bridouxia giraudi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 6 August 2007.
7. ^ Ngereza C. & Lange C. N. (2004). Bridouxia leucoraphe. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 6 August 2007.
8. ^ Nicayenzi F., Ngereza C. & Lange C. N. (2004). Bridouxia ponsonbyi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 6 August 2007.
9. ^ Nicayenzi F., Ngereza C. & Lange C. N. (2004). Bridouxia praeclara. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 6 August 2007.
10. ^ Ngereza C., Nicayenzi F. & Lange C. N. (2004). Bridouxia rotundata. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 6 August 2007.
11. ^ Lange C. N. (2004). Bridouxia smithiana. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 6 August 2007.