Columna (gastropod)
| Columna | |
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| Lateral view of a shell of Columna leai from São Tomé and Principe, on display at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Achatinoidea |
| Family: | Achatinidae |
| Genus: | Columna Perry, 1811 |
Columna is a genus of air-breathing tropical land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Achatinidae.
Species
Species within the genus Columna include:
- Columna columna (Muller 1774)
- Columna flammea von Martens
- Columna hainesi (Pfeiffer, 1852)
- Columna leai Tryon 1866
References
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