2011-07-25

Baizea

Bridouxia

Bridouxia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda

clade Sorbeoconcha

Superfamily: Cerithioidea
Family: Paludomidae
Subfamily:
Tribe:
Genus: Bridouxia
Bourguignat, 1885
Diversity
6 species
Synonyms
  • Baizea Bourguignat, 1885
  • Coulboisia Bourguignat, 1888
  • Giraudia Bourguignat, 1885
  • Lechaptoisia Ancey, 1894

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:

Ecology

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

References






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