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Columella (genus)

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Vertiginidae

Tribe
  
Truncatellinini

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Rank
  
Genus

Superfamily
  
Pupilloidea

Subfamily
  
Vertigininae

Scientific name
  
Columella

Higher classification
  
Pupillidae

Columella (genus)

Lower classifications
  
Columella edentula, Columella columella, Columella aspera

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

    Columella (genus) Wikipedia