Bridouxia smithiana

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Bridouxia smithiana

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Paludomidae
Genus: Bridouxia
Species:
B. smithiana
Binomial name
Bridouxia smithiana
Synonyms[1][3]
  • Stanleya smithiana Bourguignat, 1885
  • Bridouxiana smithiana Bourguignat [orth. error]

Bridouxia smithiana is a

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.

References

  1. ^ . 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.
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