Kingdom Animalia Family Vertiginidae Tribe Truncatellinini Scientific name Columella edentula Higher classification Columella | Superfamily Pupilloidea Subfamily Vertigininae Genus Columella Phylum Mollusca Rank Species | |
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Similar Vertigo pygmaea, Vertigo antivertigo, Vertigo pusilla, Truncatellina cylindrica, Vertigo substriata | ||
Columella edentula, common name the "toothless column snail", is a species of very small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Vertiginidae.
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Description
The 2.5-3 (-3.5) mm. shell is cylindrical with a conical apex and yellow-brown to brown.The aperture is without teeth and the simple lip is thin. The shell has (4.5 )5-6 (-7) whorls.The last whorl has the largest diameter. The apex is more pointed than in Columella columella. It is narrower and taller than the shell of the similar Columella aspera.The shell sculpture is more irregular and finer than that of C. aspera.
Distribution
This species occurs in countries and islands including:
References
Columella edentula Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA