Clappia (gastropod)

Clappia was a genus of small freshwater snails that have an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Lithoglyphidae.

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

Species

There are two species within the genus Clappia:

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

• Clappia cabahensis <small>Clench, 1965</small>: synonym of Clappia cahabensis <small>Clench, 1965</small>
• Clappia clappi <small>B. Walker, 1909</small>: synonym of Clappia umbilicata <small>(B. Walker, 1904)</small> (a junior synonym)

Comparison of apertural views of both species:

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