Clappia
For the monotypic plant genus, see Clappia (plant).
Clappia | |
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Drawing of apertural view of the shell and its operculum of Clappia umbilicata | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Rissooidea |
Family: | Lithoglyphidae |
Genus: | Clappia Walker, 1909[1] |
Diversity[2] | |
2 species |
Clappia is a genus of small freshwater snails that have an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Lithoglyphidae.[2]
Generic name Clappia is in honor of malacologist George Hubbard Clapp.[1]
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 Clapppia clappi[1][2]
Comparison of apertural views of both species:
References
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