Countries of Occurrence:
Spain - Canaries
Archipelago(s):
Canaries
Assessor/s:
Groh, K. & Neubert, E.
Reviewer/s:
Cuttelod, A. & Bilz, M.
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This species is widespread on the island. The population size can be estimated as low to very low. Most of the subpoulations live in protected areas, and there are no threats to this species known. Therefore it is assessed as Least concern (LC).
This species is endemic to the island of La Gomera. It inhabits the central and northern part of the island. This species is recorded from 12 locations and 17 sites.
There are no data on the population size or trend. However, there are only a few living animals were recorded in the course of the last 20 years, although the island was visited by several malacologists. The population size can be estimated as low to very low.
This species lives in the dry temperate shrub vegetation (Piso basal), Laurel forests (Laurisilva), lowland vegetation and Fayal-Brezal.
Major parts of the subpopulations are under local conservation schemes.