This snail is an intermediate host for Fasciola hepatica, the liver fluke, a parasite of livestock, especially sheep.

[7] The exact type locality for this species is unknown, but it is somewhere in the Philadelphia area, US.

The shell of Pseudosuccinea columella is horny brown, thin, translucent, fragile and very finely striated.

[17] In North America, Pseudosuccinea columella lives in stagnant waters, at the edges of lakes, ponds, muddy and sluggish streams, among lily pads and reeds on sticks and mud.

[7] In Europe it occurs predominantly in greenhouses, but also sometimes in outdoor habitats (Austria, Hungary).