Columna (gastropod)

Columna
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
Order: Stylommatophora
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 (O.F. Müller, 1774)
  • Columna flammea von Martens
  • Columna hainesi (Pfeiffer, 1852)
  • Columna leai Tryon, 1866

References


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