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

Last updated December 18, 2025

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

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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