Columella (genus)

Columella
Six shells of Columella edentula, scale bar in mm
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Truncatellinidae
Genus: Columella
Westerlund, 1878
Type species
Pupa inornata Michaud, 1831
Synonyms
  • Edentulina Clessin, 1876
  • Paludinella R. T. Lowe, 1852

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

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