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]
Taxonomy
Columella is commonly classified within the Vertiginidae. However, as shown by Nekola & Coles (2016), the genus is not that closely related to the Vertiginidae, but may rather be affiliated with the Chondrinidae or form a pupilloid family of its own. A systematic revision is pending.[2]
Species
Species within the genus Columella include:
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Columella acicularis Almuhambetova, 1979
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Columella aspera Waldén, 1966
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Columella columella (G. v. Martens, 1830)
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Columella edentula (Draparnaud, 1805) - toothless column
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†Columella hartmutnordsiecki Schlickum & Geissert, 1980
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Columella hasta (Hanna, 1911)
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Columella intermedia Schileyko & Almuhambetova, 1984
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Columella microspora (R.T. Lowe, 1852)
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Columella nymphaepratensis Hlaváč & Pokryszko, 2009
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Columella polvonense (Pilsbry, 1894)
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Columella simplex (Gould, 1840)
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Columella talgarica Schileyko & Rymzhanov, 2010
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†Columella wyciski Schlickum & Strauch, 1972
- Species brought into synonymy
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Columella inornata (Michaud, 1831): synonym of Columella edentula (Draparnaud, 1805) (junior synonym)
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Columella ninagongonis Pilsbry, 1935: synonym of Truncatellina ninagongonis (Pilsbry, 1935) (original combination)
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Columella tridentata A. B. Leonard, 1946: synonym of Gastrocopta ruidosensis (Cockerell, 1899)
References
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^ 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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^ a b c MolluscaBase eds. (2020). "Columella". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
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