Bridouxia giraudi

Bridouxia giraudi
Conservation status
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. giraudi
Binomial name
Bridouxia giraudi
Bourguignat, 1885[2]
Synonyms

Bridouxiana giraudi Bourguignat [orth. error]

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

Bridouxia giraudi is the type species of the genus Bridouxia.[3]

This species is found in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, and Zambia.[1] Its natural habitat is freshwater lakes.

References

  1. ^ a b Lange C. N. & Nicayenzi F. (2004). Bridouxia giraudi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 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. page 30.
  3. ^ Brown D. S. (1994). Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 0 7484 0026 5.