Columna leai
| Columna leai | |
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| lateral view of a shell of Columna cf. 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 |
| Species: | C. leai |
| Binomial name | |
| Columna leai Tryon 1866 | |
Columna leai is a species of tropical land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Achatinidae. The shell of this species is long and slender, and can reach a length of 35–50 millimetres (1.4–2.0 in). This species is native to Gabon and São Tomé and Principe.
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