POSSIBLE UNAUTH LNDG LAND WITHOUT CLRNC.

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DURING APCH INTO JOPLIN; ZKC CLRED ME FOR THE VISUAL APCH AND HANDED ME OVER TO THE JOPLIN TWR. I WAS RELATIVELY HIGH FOR THE APCH; GENERALLY ZKC HAS TO HOLD ACFT AT A HIGHER ALT WHILE PROCEEDING INTO JOPLIN IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN RADAR CONTACT. AFTER CONTACT; JOPLIN TWR ASKED ME TO RPT TURNING FINAL FOR RWY 18. DURING THE APCH; I WAS DISTRACTED DUE TO POOR PLANNING OF THE DSCNT AND LIGHT TO MODERATE TURB AND DO NOT RECALL RPTING THE TURN TO FINAL OR RECEIVING THE CLRNC TO LAND. AFTER LNDG AND TAXIING OFF THE RWY; I CONTACTED GND CTL TO RECEIVE CLRNC TO TAXI TO PARKING. TWR AND GND CTLR HAD SAID NOTHING TO ME ABOUT THIS; BUT AFTER I CONTACTED GND I COULD NOT REMEMBER THE TWR CLRING ME TO LAND. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE TWR DID GIVE ME CLRNC BUT I WAS SO FOCUSED ON FIGHTING THE TURB AND TRYING TO DECIDE WHETHER TO DO A GAR OR A 360 DEG TURN TO LOSE ALT; THAT IF I DID RECEIVE THE CLRNC IT DID NOT LEAVE AN IMPRESSION ON ME. AS A SOLUTION FOR ME I AM GOING TO INCLUDE 'CLRNC TO LAND' AS A PRE-LNDG CHKLIST ITEM.