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Bridouxia giraudi

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Bridouxia giraudi
Shell of Bridouxia giraudi (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Paludomidae
Genus: Bridouxia
Species:
B. giraudi
Binomial name
Bridouxia giraudi
Synonyms
  • Baizea giraudi Bourguignat, 1885
  • Bridouxiana giraudi Bourguignat [orth. error]
  • Bridouxia costata Bourguignat, 1885
  • Bridouxia reymondi Bourguignat, 1885
  • Bridouxia villeserriana Bourguignat, 1885
  • Giraudia grandidieriana Bourguignat, 1885
  • Giraudia praeclara Bourguignat, 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

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  1. ^ a b 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.
  • Bourguignat, J. R., 1888 Iconographie malacologique des animaux mollusques fluviatiles du lac Tanganika, p. 82 pp
  • Brown, D. S. (1980). Freshwater snails of Africa and their medical importance. Taylor & Francis, London. 1-487
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