Bridouxia rotundata is a species of tropical freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Paludomidae.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Family: | Paludomidae |
| Genus: | Bridouxia |
| Species: | B. rotundata
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| Binomial name | |
| Bridouxia rotundata (E. A. Smith, 1904)[2]
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This species is found in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, and Zambia. Its natural habitat is freshwater lakes.
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ Smith E. A. (1904). "Some remarks on the Mollusca of Lake Tanganyika". Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 6: 77-104. page 93.
- ^ Brown D. S. (1994). Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 0-7484-0026-5.
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