| Columella columella | |
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| Drawing of two shells of Columella columella | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Truncatellinidae |
| Genus: | Columella |
| Species: | C. columella |
| Binomial name | |
| Columella columella (G. v. Martens, 1830)[3] | |
Columella columella is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Truncatellinidae, the vertigo snails and allies.[4]
This species is listed in the IUCN red list as least concern.[1]
- Subspecies
- Columella columella alticola (Ingersoll, 1875)
Distribution
This species occurs in:
- Poland - critically endangered in southern Poland [5]
- Slovakia
- Utah, USA (Columella columella alticola)[6]
References
- Neubert, E. (2025). "Columella columella". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2025 e.T156877A214029709. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2025-2.RLTS.T156877A214029709.en. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
- NatureServe. "Columella columella". NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 28 May 2026.
- Martens G. von (1830). "Natur- und Vaterlandskunde. Ueber Würtembergs Fauna". Correspondenzblatt des Würtembergischen Landwirthschaftlichen Vereins (in German). 17 (3). Stuttgart, Tübingen: 123–186.
- Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2021). "Columella columella". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
- Beata M. Pokryszko. "Columella columella (Martens, 1830)". Instytut Ochrony Przyrody Polskiej Akademii Nauk.
- "Columella columella alticola". Utah Division of Wildlife Resources. Archived from the original on December 30, 2016. Retrieved May 18, 2017.
- Kerney, M.P.; Cameron, R.A.D.; Jungbluth, J-H. (1983). Die Landschnecken Nord- und Mitteleuropas. Ein Bestimmungsbuch für Biologen und Naturfreunde.
- Sysoev, A. V.; Schileyko, A. A. (2009). Land snails and slugs of Russia and adjacent countries. Sofia/Moskva: Pensoft.
- Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (July 16, 2017), Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - Schileyko, A. A.; Rymzhanov, T. S. (2013). Fauna of land mollusks (Gastropoda, Pulmonata Terrestria) of Kazakhstan and adjacent territories. Moscow-Almaty: KMK Scientific Press.