Bridouxia smithiana

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Bridouxia smithiana
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. smithiana
Binomial name
Bridouxia smithiana
(Bourguignat, 1885) [2]
Synonyms [1] [3]
  • Stanleya smithiana Bourguignat, 1885
  • Bridouxiana smithiana Bourguignat [orth. error]

Bridouxia smithiana 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 Lake Tanganyika in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania. Its natural habitat is freshwater lakes. The threats are not exactly known but sedimentation is possible. Its status was Endangered since 1996 but was relisted as Data Deficient in 2004.

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References

  1. 1 2 Lange, C.N. (2004). "Bridouxia smithiana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2004: e.T44246A10880951. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T44246A10880951.en . Retrieved 14 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. pages 88-89.
  3. ↑ Brown D. S. (1994). Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance. Taylor & Francis. ISBN   0-7484-0026-5.


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