Bridouxia giraudi

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Bridouxia giraudi
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Shell of Bridouxia giraudi (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Paludomidae
Genus: Bridouxia
Species:
B. giraudi
Binomial name
Bridouxia giraudi
Synonyms
  • Baizea giraudiBourguignat, 1885
  • Bridouxiana giraudiBourguignat [orth. error]
  • Bridouxia costataBourguignat, 1885
  • Bridouxia reymondiBourguignat, 1885
  • Bridouxia villeserrianaBourguignat, 1885
  • Giraudia grandidierianaBourguignat, 1885
  • Giraudia praeclaraBourguignat, 1885

Bridouxia giraudi is a species of tropical freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Paludomidae. [3]

Bridouxia giraudi is the type species of the genus Bridouxia. [4]

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

References

  1. 1 2 Lange, C. (2010). "Bridouxia giraudi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2010 e.T44241A10879785. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T44241A10879785.en . Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  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. ↑ MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Bridouxia giraudi Bourguignat, 1885. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1061253 on 2020-06-19
  4. ↑ Brown D. S. (1994). Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance. Taylor & Francis. ISBN   0-7484-0026-5.


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