Bridouxia

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

Species of this genus are endemic to the Lake Tanganyika.

Species

Species within the genus Bridouxia include:

• Bridouxia giraudi <small>Bourguignat, 1885</small> - type species
• Bridouxia leucoraphe <small>(Ancey, 1890)</small>
• Bridouxia ponsonbyi <small>(Smith, 1889)</small>
• Bridouxia praeclara <small>(Bourguignat, 1885)</small>
• Bridouxia rotundata <small>(Smith, 1904)</small>
• Bridouxia smithiana <small>(Bourguignat, 1885)</small>

• Bridouxia costata <small>Bourguignat, 1885</small>: synonym of Bridouxia giraudi <small>Bourguignat, 1885</small>
• Bridouxia reymondi <small>Bourguignat, 1885</small>: synonym of Bridouxia giraudi <small>Bourguignat, 1885</small>
• Bridouxia villeserriana <small>Bourguignat, 1885</small>: synonym of Bridouxia giraudi <small>Bourguignat, 1885</small>

Ecology

They live on hard substrata in shallow water on shores of Lake Tanganyika.

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