''Bridouxia'' is a genus of small

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freshwater snail Freshwater snails are gastropod mollusks which live in fresh water. There are many different families. They are found throughout the world in various habitats, ranging from ephemeral pools to the largest lakes, and from small seeps and springs ...

s with an operculum, aquatic

gastropod The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...

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s in the family

Paludomidae Paludomidae, common name paludomids, is a family of freshwater snails, gastropod molluscs in the clade Sorbeoconcha. Distribution The distribution of the Paludomidae includes Asia and Africa. Taxonomy The following three subfamilies have be ...

. Species of this genus are endemic to the

Lake Tanganyika Lake Tanganyika () is an African Great Lake. It is the second-oldest freshwater lake in the world, the second-largest by volume, and the second-deepest, in all cases after Lake Baikal in Siberia. It is the world's longest freshwater lake. ...

Species

Species within the genus ''Bridouxia'' include: * '' Bridouxia giraudi'' Bourguignat, 1885 - type speciesBrown D. S. (1994). ''Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance''.

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. . * '' Bridouxia leucoraphe'' (Ancey, 1890) * '' Bridouxia ponsonbyi'' (Smith, 1889) * '' Bridouxia praeclara'' (Bourguignat, 1885) * ''

Bridouxia rotundata ''Bridouxia rotundata'' is a species of tropical freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Paludomidae. This species is found in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, and Zamb ...

'' (Smith, 1904) * '' Bridouxia smithiana'' (Bourguignat, 1885) ;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.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q4966975 Paludomidae Gastropod genera Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Taxa named by Jules René Bourguignat