Clappia is a genus of small freshwater snails that have an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Lithoglyphidae. [2] [3]
Generic name Clappia is in honor of malacologist George Hubbard Clapp.[1]
Species
There are two[3] species within the genus Clappia:
- †Clappia cahabensis Clench, 1965 - Cahaba pebblesnail[3]
- †Clappia umbilicata (Walker, 1904) - Umbilicate pebblesnail, type species as †Clappia clappi[1][3]
- Synonyms
- Clappia cabahensis Clench, 1965: synonym of Clappia cahabensis Clench, 1965
- †Clappia clappi B. Walker, 1909: synonym of †Clappia umbilicata (B. Walker, 1904) (a junior synonym)
Comparison of apertural views of both species:
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References
- ^ a b c Walker B. (1909). "New Amnicolidae from Alabama". The Nautilus 22(9): 85-90. page 89.
- ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Clappia B. Walker, 1909. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=887026 on 2022-04-22
- ^ a b c d Thompson F. G. (1984). "North American freshwater snail genera of the hydrobiid subfamily Lithoglyphinae". Malacologia 25(1): 109-141.
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