Clappia (gastropod) explained

Clappia is a genus of small freshwater snails that have an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Lithoglyphidae. ^{[1] [2]}

Generic name Clappia is in honor of malacologist George Hubbard Clapp.

Species

There are two^[2] species within the genus Clappia:

• Clappia cahabensis Clench, 1965 - Cahaba pebblesnail^[2]
• Clappia umbilicata (Walker, 1904) - Umbilicate pebblesnail, type species as Clappia clappi^[2]

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:

Notes and References

1. 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
2. Thompson F. G. (1984). "North American freshwater snail genera of the hydrobiid subfamily Lithoglyphinae". Malacologia 25(1): 109-141.