Columella (genus)

Columella
Shells of Columella edentula, scale bar is in mm
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora clade Orthurethra
Superfamily:	Pupilloidea
Family:	Vertiginidae
Subfamily:	Vertigininae
Tribe:	Truncatellinini
Genus:	Columella Westerlund, 1878[1]

Columella is a genus of small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Vertiginidae, the vertigo snails.

Species

Species within the genus Columella include:

• Columella aspera Waldén, 1966
• Columella columella (G. v. Martens, 1830)
• Columella edentula (Draparnaud, 1805) - toothless column
• Columella microspora (R.T. Lowe, 1852)

References

1. ^ Westerlund C. A. (1876-1878). Fauna Europæa molluscorum extramarinorum. Prodromus. Sistens descriptiones systematicas et criticas omnium generum et specierum horum animalium in Europa viventium et hodie cognitarum. pp. 1-320. Lundae. (Berlingia).

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