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Bridouxia rotundata

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Bridouxia rotundata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Paludomidae
Genus: Bridouxia
Species:
B. rotundata
Binomial name
Bridouxia rotundata
Synonyms[3]
  • Bridouxiana rotundata Smith [orth. error]
  • Stanleya rotundata Smith, 1904

Bridouxia rotundata 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 Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, and Zambia. Its natural habitat is freshwater lakes.

References

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  1. ^ Ngereza, C.; Nicayenzi, F.; Lange, C.N. (2004). "Bridouxia rotundata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T44245A10880814. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T44245A10880814.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. ^ Smith E. A. (1904). "Some remarks on the Mollusca of Lake Tanganyika". Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 6: 77-104. page 93.
  3. ^ Brown D. S. (1994). Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 0-7484-0026-5.