Columella (genus)
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| Six shells of Columella edentula, scale bar in mm | |
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
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| Genus: | Columella Westerlund, 1878[1]
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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
- ^ 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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