Pomatiopsis lapidaria

Pomatiopsis lapidaria
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
	; Secure (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Pomatiopsidae
Genus:	Pomatiopsis
Species:	P. lapidaria
Binomial name
	Pomatiopsis lapidaria; (Say, 1817)
Synonyms
	Cyclostoma lapidaria Say, 1817; Pomatiopsis hinkleyi Pilsbry, 1896; Pomatiopsis praelonga Brooks & MacMillan, 1940; Pomatiopsis scalaris F. C. Baker, 1927;

Pomatiopsis lapidaria is an amphibious species of snail with gills and an operculum, a gastropod mollusk in the family Pomatiopsidae.

Pomatiopsis lapidaria is the type species of the genus Pomatiopsis.^[4]

Distribution

The distribution of Pomatiopsis lapidaria includes the USA.

The type locality was not recorded.^[4]

Pomatiopsis lapidaria is amphibious: it lives in damp or wet habitats on marshy ground and in soil that is periodically flooded.^[4]

Dundee (1957) described the life history and the anatomy of Pomatiopsis lapidaria in detail.^[7]

↑ Ormes, M. (2017). "Pomatiopsis lapidaria". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017 e.T69629745A69633223. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T69629745A69633223.en. Retrieved 18 April 2026.
↑ NatureServe. "Pomatiopsis lapidaria". NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 6 April 2026.
↑ Say T. (1817). "Description of Seven Species of American Fresh Water and Land Shells, not Noticed in the Systems". Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 1(1): 13-16.
1 2 3 4 Davis G. M. (1979). "The origin and evolution of the gastropod family Pomatiopsidae, with emphasis on the Mekong river Triculinae". Academy of natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Monograph 20: 1-120. ISBN 978-1-4223-1926-0. at Google Books.
↑ Pilsbry H. A. (1896). "A New Species of Pomatiopsis". The Nautilus 10(4): 37-38.
↑ Baker F. C. (1927). "Descriptions of new forms of Pleistocene land mollusks from Illinois with remarks on other species". The Nautilus 40(4): 114-120. page 120.
↑ Dundee D. S. (1957). "Aspects of the biology of Pomatiopsis lapidaria (Say) (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Prosobranchia)". Miscellaneous Publications 100: 65 pp., 14 plates, 1 figure, 2 maps, 8 tables. PDF.

Walker B. (1918). "A synopsis of the classification of the freshwater Mollusca of North America, north of Mexico, and a catalogue of the more recently described species, with notes". Miscellaneous Publications 6: 214 pp., 1 plate, 233 figures. [page 34.

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Pomatiopsis lapidaria
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Secure (NatureServe)^[2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Pomatiopsidae
Genus:	Pomatiopsis
Species:	P. lapidaria
Binomial name
*Pomatiopsis lapidaria* (Say, 1817)^[3]
Synonyms^[4]
Cyclostoma lapidaria Say, 1817 Pomatiopsis hinkleyi Pilsbry, 1896^[5] Pomatiopsis praelonga Brooks & MacMillan, 1940 Pomatiopsis scalaris F. C. Baker, 1927^[6]