Columella (disambiguation)
Columella is Latin meaning "little column". It may refer to:
Biology
- Columella (gastropod), an anatomical feature of a coiled snail shell or gastropod shell
- Columella (genus), a genus of land gastropods, in the family Vertiginidae
- In mycology, the central sterile portion of the sporangium in various fungi
- In human anatomy, Columella nasi, the fleshy external end of the nasal septum
- Columella, a part of the auditory system of amphibians, reptiles and birds, corresponding to the stapes in mammals.
- Columella (root), in plant anatomy, it is distinct tissue layer in the very tip of root tip. It is column of cells bellow quiescent centre (QC = stem cells in the growing tip of the root).
In culture