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Columella (genus)
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Columella is a genus
of small, air-breathing land snail
s, terrestrial
pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Vertiginidae
, the vertigo snails.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of small, air-breathing land snail
Land snail
A land snail is any of the many species of snail that live on land, as opposed to those that live in salt water and fresh water. Land snails are terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have shells, It is not always an easy matter to say which species are terrestrial, because some are more or less...
s, terrestrial
Terrestrial animal
Terrestrial animals are animals that live predominantly or entirely on land , as compared with aquatic animals, which live predominantly or entirely in the water , or amphibians, which rely on a combination of aquatic and terrestrial habitats...
pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Vertiginidae
Vertiginidae
Vertiginidae is a family of minute, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs or micromollusks in the superfamily Pupilloidea.- Distribution :...
, the vertigo snails.
Species
Species within the genus Columella include:- Columella asperaColumella asperaColumella aspera is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Vertiginidae, the vertigo snails.- Distribution :This species occurs in countries and islands including:* Czech Republic...
Waldén, 1966 - Columella columellaColumella columellaColumella columella is a species of minute air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Vertiginidae, the vertigo snails.This species is not listed in the IUCN red list and not evaluated...
(G. v. Martens, 1830) - Columella edentulaColumella edentulaColumella 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.-Distribution:...
(DraparnaudJacques Philippe Raymond DraparnaudJacques Philippe Raymond Draparnaud was a French naturalist, malacologist and botanist.Draparnaud is considered the father of malacology in France...
, 1805) - toothless column - Columella microspora (R.T. Lowe, 1852)