Bridouxia
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Bridouxia is a genus of small tropical freshwater snail
s with an operculum
, aquatic
gastropod mollusks in the family Paludomidae
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Species of this genus are endemic to the Lake Tanganyika
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Freshwater snail
A freshwater snail is one kind of freshwater mollusc, the other kind being freshwater clams and mussels, i.e. freshwater bivalves. Specifically a freshwater snail is a gastropod that lives in a watery non-marine habitat. The majority of freshwater gastropods have a shell, with very few exceptions....
s with an operculum
Operculum (gastropod)
The operculum, meaning little lid, is a corneous or calcareous anatomical structure which exists in many groups of sea snails and freshwater snails, and also in a few groups of land snails...
, aquatic
Aquatic animal
An aquatic animal is an animal, either vertebrate or invertebrate, which lives in water for most or all of its life. It may breathe air or extract its oxygen from that dissolved in water through specialised organs called gills, or directly through its skin. Natural environments and the animals that...
gastropod mollusks in the family Paludomidae
Paludomidae
Paludomidae, common name paludomids, is a family of freshwater snails, gastropod molluscs in the clade Sorbeoconcha.- Taxonomy :The following three subfamilies have been recognized in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi :...
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Species of this genus are endemic to the Lake Tanganyika
Lake Tanganyika
Lake Tanganyika is an African Great Lake. It is estimated to be the second largest freshwater lake in the world by volume, and the second deepest, after Lake Baikal in Siberia; it is also the world's longest freshwater lake...
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Species
Species within the genus Bridouxia include:- Bridouxia giraudiBridouxia giraudiBridouxia 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....
Bourguignat, 1885 - type species - Bridouxia leucorapheBridouxia leucorapheBridouxia leucoraphe is a species of tropical freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Paludomidae....
(Ancey, 1890) - Bridouxia ponsonbyiBridouxia ponsonbyiBridouxia ponsonbyi is a species of tropical freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Paludomidae....
(Smith, 1889) - Bridouxia praeclaraBridouxia praeclaraBridouxia praeclara is a species of tropical freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Paludomidae....
(Bourguignat, 1885) - Bridouxia rotundataBridouxia rotundataBridouxia rotundata is a species of tropical freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Paludomidae....
(Smith, 1904) - Bridouxia smithianaBridouxia smithianaBridouxia smithiana is a species of tropical freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Paludomidae....
(Bourguignat, 1885)