Bridouxia ponsonbyi

Bridouxia ponsonbyi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda

clade Sorbeoconcha

Superfamily: Cerithioidea
Family: Paludomidae
Subfamily: Hauttecoeuriinae
Tribe: Spekiini
Genus: Bridouxia
Species: B. ponsonbyi
Binomial name
Bridouxia ponsonbyi
(Smith, 1889)
Synonyms

Bridouxiana ponsonbyi Smith [orth. error]

Bridouxia ponsonbyi 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, Tanzania, and Zambia. Its natural habitat is freshwater lakes. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

  1. Nicayenzi F., Ngereza C. & Lange C. N. (2004). Bridouxia ponsonbyi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. Downloaded on 6 August 2007.
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