Countries of Occurrence:
Spain - Canaries
Archipelago(s):
Canaries
Assessor/s:
Groh, K.
Reviewer/s:
Neubert, E., Ward, J. & Cuttelod, A.
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Facilitators / Compilers/s:
There is insufficient information on distribution, population size and trend and threats to be able to assess this species in any category other than Data Deficient (DD).
This species is endemic to La Palma where it is mentioned only by Wollaston (1878) from Los Sauces and the Barranco de Herradura, and later as the synonym Helix palmicola and var. minor by Mabille in 1898 from Brena Baya. No extant shells were found by Klaus Groh, although sub-fossil shells were, and it was not re-found or mentioned by Ibanez and his colleagues (K. Groh, pers. com., 2011). There is no published data since 1898.
There is no information available.
There is no information available.
The threats to this species are not known.
There is no information available. Research is recommended to attempt to re-discover the species in the areas that it has been previously found.