IUCN SSC Mid-Atlantic Island Invertebrates Specialist Group

Species

BackPlutonia gomerensis (Alonso & Ibañez, 1988)

Plutonia gomerensis (Alonso & Ibañez, 1988)

  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum:
  • Class: Mollusca
  • Order: Gastropoda
  • Family: Vitrinidae
LC Least Concern
IUCN Red List Status:

Countries of Occurrence:
Spain - Canaries

Archipelago(s):
Canaries

Assessor/s:
Groh, K. & Alonso, M.R.

Reviewer/s:
Neubert, E., Seddon, M.B. & Cuttelod, A.

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Assessment Rationale:

This species is relatively widespread and there is no known major threat. It is therefore considered to be Least Concern (LC).

Geographic Range:

This species occurs in the central parts of La Gomera. This species is recorded from 10 locations and 30 sites.

Regions:
Spain - Canaries
Extent of Occurrence (EOO):
(km2)
Area of Occupancy (AOO):
(km2)
Elevation Lower Limit:
450 (m)
Elevation Upper Limit:
1400 (m)
Biogeographic Realms:
Paleartic
Presence:
Extant
Origin:
Endemic Canaries
Seasonality:
Resident

Population:

The size and trend within the subpopulations are stable.

Habitat and Ecology

This species lives usually in Laurel forests (Laurisilva) and Fayal-Brezal, but was also recorded from a chestnut forest and a ruderal site.

Major Threat(s):

There are no threats to this species known.

Conservation Actions

Large parts of the subpopulations are under local conservation schemes. Its status was estimated by Valido et al. (1999) as LR/lc (low risk).