Species

BackCanariella gomerae (Wollaston, 1878)

Canariella gomerae (Wollaston, 1878)

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

Countries of Occurrence:
Spain - Canaries

Archipelago(s):
Canaries

Assessor/s:
Groh, K. & Neubert, E.

Reviewer/s:
Cuttelod, A. & Bilz, M.

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Assessment Rationale:

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).

Geographic Range:

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.

Regions:
Spain - Canaries
Extent of Occurrence (EOO):
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Area of Occupancy (AOO):
(km2)
Elevation Lower Limit:
100 (m)
Elevation Upper Limit:
1200 (m)
Biogeographic Realms:
Paleartic
Presence:
Extant
Origin:
Endemic Canaries
Seasonality:
Resident

Population:

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.

Habitat and Ecology

This species lives in the dry temperate shrub vegetation (Piso basal),  Laurel forests (Laurisilva), lowland vegetation and Fayal-Brezal.

Major Threat(s):

Conservation Actions

Major parts of the subpopulations are under local conservation schemes.