{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Bridouxia reymondi (MNHN-IM-2000-32857).jpeg |image_caption = Shell of ''Bridouxia giraudi'' (specimen at MNHN, Paris) |display_parents = 3 |taxon = Bridouxia |authority = Bourguignat, 1885<ref name="Bourguignat 1885">Bourguignat J. R. (1885). ''Notice prodromique sur les mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles recueillis par M. Victor Giraud dans la region méridionale du lac Tanganika'' [https://archive.org/stream/noticeprodromiqu00bour#page/10/mode/2up page 10-11], [https://archive.org/stream/noticeprodromiqu00bour#page/28/mode/2up 29].</ref> |type_species = ''Bridouxia giraudi'' |type_species_authority = Bourguignat, 1885 |synonyms_ref = |synonyms = * ''Baizea'' Bourguignat, 1885<ref name="Bourguignat 1885"/> * ''Coulboisia'' Bourguignat, 1888<ref>Bourguignat J. R. (1888). ''Icon. Malac. Moll. Fluv. Tanganika'', 39, 40.</ref> * ''Giraudia'' Bourguignat, 1885<ref name="Bourguignat 1885"/> * ''Lechaptoisia'' Ancey, 1894<ref>Ancey C. F. (1894). ''Bull. Soc. zool. France'' '''19''': 29.</ref> }}
'''''Bridouxia''''' is a genus of small<ref name="Brown 1994"/> tropical freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Paludomidae.
Species of this genus are endemic to the Lake Tanganyika.<ref name="Brown 1994"/>
==Species== Species within the genus ''Bridouxia'' include: * ''Bridouxia giraudi'' <small>Bourguignat, 1885</small><ref>{{cite iucn |author=Lange, C. |date=2010 |title=''Bridouxia giraudi'' |volume=2010 |article-number=e.T44241A10879785 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T44241A10879785.en |access-date=17 November 2021}}</ref> - type species<ref name="Brown 1994">Brown D. S. (1994). ''Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance''. Taylor & Francis. {{ISBN|0-7484-0026-5}}.</ref> * ''Bridouxia leucoraphe'' <small>(Ancey, 1890)</small><ref>{{cite iucn |author=Ngereza, C. |date=2010 |title=''Ponsonbya leucoraphe'' |volume=2010 |article-number=e.T44242A10880043 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T44242A10880043.en |access-date=17 November 2021}}</ref> * ''Bridouxia ponsonbyi'' <small>(Smith, 1889)</small><ref>{{cite iucn |author=Ngereza, C. |date=2010 |title=''Bridouxia ponsonbyi'' |volume=2010 |article-number=e.T44243A10880301 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T44243A10880301.en |access-date=17 November 2021}}</ref> * ''Bridouxia praeclara'' <small>(Bourguignat, 1885)</small><ref>{{cite iucn |author=Ngereza, C. |date=2010 |title=''Bridouxia praeclara'' |volume=2010 |article-number=e.T44244A10880547 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T44244A10880547.en |access-date=17 November 2021}}</ref> * ''Bridouxia rotundata'' <small>(Smith, 1904)</small><ref>{{cite iucn |author=Ngereza, C. |author2=Nicayenzi, F. |author3=Lange, C.N. |date=2004 |title=''Bridouxia rotundata'' |volume=2004 |article-number=e.T44245A10880814 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T44245A10880814.en |access-date=17 November 2021}}</ref> * ''Bridouxia smithiana'' <small>(Bourguignat, 1885)</small><ref>{{cite iucn |author=Lange, C.N. |date=2004 |title=''Bridouxia smithiana'' |volume=2004 |article-number=e.T44246A10880951 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T44246A10880951.en |access-date=17 November 2021}}</ref> ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Bridouxia costata'' <small>Bourguignat, 1885</small>: synonym of ''Bridouxia giraudi'' <small>Bourguignat, 1885</small> * ''Bridouxia reymondi'' <small>Bourguignat, 1885</small>: synonym of ''Bridouxia giraudi'' <small>Bourguignat, 1885</small> * ''Bridouxia villeserriana'' <small>Bourguignat, 1885</small>: synonym of ''Bridouxia giraudi'' <small>Bourguignat, 1885</small>
==Ecology== They live on hard substrata in shallow water on shores of Lake Tanganyika.<ref name="Brown 1994"/>
==References== {{Reflist}}
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Category:Paludomidae Category:Gastropod genera Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Category:Taxa named by Jules René Bourguignat