CLASSE: GASTROPODA: TERRESTRE
FAMÍLIA: CLAUSILIIDAE
ESPÉCIE: Columbinia elegans H. Nordsieck, 2010
Tamanho médio: 22 mm
Ocorrência: Peru (San Martin)
Localidade tipo: Peru, Departamento de San Martin, “Cueva de Diamante near Naranjos (69 km NW Rioja)”
Altitude: 1080 m
Nome original: Columbinia (Columbinia) elegans H. Nordsieck, 2010
Etimologia: o nome da espécie tem origem na palavra em Latim “elegans”, elegante, pela sua bela aparência
Descrição original:
(Nordsieck, 2010): “Shell with thick and obtuse conical apical part; greyish yellowish- to yellowish reddishbrown, protoconch greyish-brown; teleoconch whorls distinctly obliquely ribbed, on the neck more coarsely, ribs in part white; neck rounded, basal keel scarcely recognizable, with dorsal elevation and depression beside, subsutural swelling weak; aperture protruding, roundishoval, light yellowish reddish-brown within, peristome expanded; superior lamella high, continuous with spiral lamella without a curve, spiral lamella nearly equally lower palatal plica weakly developed, connected with or separated from lunella; clausilium plate in oblique view fully visible, distally somewhat pointed, leaving nearly no gaps”
Fotos: (1) Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum Senckenberg: HOLOTYPE de Columbinia elegans, SMF 329319, 10.x.2005, Peru, leg. Hemmen, 22.35mm

Figura: Nordsieck, 2010:
(4) Columbinia elegans, HOLOTYPE SMF 329319, Peru, Dept. San Martin, Cueva de Diamante near Naranjos (1080 m), 10.x.2005, leg. Hemmen, 22.35mm;
(5) Columbinia elegantula, HOLOTYPE SMF 329320, Peru, Dept. San Martin, Cueva de Diamante near Naranjos (1080 m), 10.x.2005, leg. Hemmen, 14.2mm;
(6) Columbinia marcapatensis, HOLOTYPE SMF 132683a, Peru, Dept. Cuzco, Quispi Canchi, Marcapata, Huayumbe, ix.1950, leg. Kalinowski, 13.7 mm;
(7) Columbinia hemmeni, HOLOTYPE SMF 329377, Peru, Dept. Pasco, Valle Chacos near Oxapampa (1960 m), 30.x.2006, leg. Hemmen, 28.45 mm;
(8) Parabalea bicolor undaticosta, HOLOTYPE SMF 330883, Peru, Dept. Junin, km 36 road Jauja-Tarma (3950 m), 1.xi.2007, leg. Hemmen, 15.25 mm;
(9) Parabalea gibbosula (H. Nordsieck 2005), SMF 329350, Peru, Dept. Junin, 4 km from Yanamarca to Tarma (km 16 road Jauja-Tarma) (3445 m), 10.ii.2006, leg. Hemmen, 12.45 mm;
(10) Parabalea gibbosula grisea, HOLOTYPE SMF 329373, Peru, Dept. Junin, km 23 road San Pedro de Cajas to Acobamba (3365 m), 25.x.2006, leg. Hemmen, 13.1 mm;
(11) Parabalea latestriata queroensis, HOLOTYPE SMF 329331, Peru, Dept. Junin, San José de Quero (km 45.8 from Huancayo to Tomas) (3860 m), 28.x.2005, leg. Hemmen, 13.2 mm;
(12) Parabalea parcecostata meridionalis, HOLOTYPE SMF 329360, Peru, Dept. Huancavelica, Acostambo (km 172 road La Oroya-Huancavelica) (3250 m), 19.x.2006, leg. Hemmen, 13.55mm
Fontes:
Descrição original: (como Columbinia (Columbinia) elegans H. Nordsieck, 2010) Nordsieck, H. (2010). New taxa of the subfamilies Neniinae and Garnieriinae (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora: Clausiliidae). Archiv für Molluskenkunde, 139 (1): 45-69, 4 pls. Frankfurt am Main.
página(s): 49, fig. 4
Senckenberg. Collection Mollusca SMF. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/ohuexz accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-12-10. https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/318504551
Molluscabase: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1291574