Bridouxia | |
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Shell of Bridouxia giraudi (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Cerithioidea |
Family: | Paludomidae |
Genus: | Bridouxia Bourguignat, 1885[1] |
Type species | |
Bridouxia giraudi Bourguignat, 1885
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Synonyms | |
Bridouxia is a genus of small[4] tropical freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Paludomidae.
Species of this genus are endemic to the Lake Tanganyika.[4]
Species within the genus Bridouxia include:
They live on hard substrata in shallow water on shores of Lake Tanganyika.[4]