Columella (genus)

Columella
Six shells of Columella edentula, scale bar in mm
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Truncatellinidae
Genus: Columella
Westerlund, 1878[1]
Type species
Pupa inornata Michaud, 1831
Synonyms[2]
  • 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. [2]

  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).
  2. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2020). "Columella". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 22 September 2021. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)