Species

BackLeiostyla castanea (Shuttleworth, 1852)

Leiostyla castanea (Shuttleworth, 1852)

  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum:
  • Class: Mollusca
  • Order: Gastropoda
  • Family: Lauriidae
DD Data Deficient
IUCN Red List Status:

Countries of Occurrence:
Spain - Canaries

Archipelago(s):
Canaries

Assessor/s:
Groh, K.

Reviewer/s:
Neubert, E. & Cuttelod, A.

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Assessment Rationale:

This species is endemic to the island of Teneriffe, Canary Islands, Spain. It has only be recorded twice, 1852 in the original description, and in Wollaston (1878) from Garrachico. No additional records have been published since 1878 for this species. Due to the lack of data on the distribution, habitat and threats to the species, it is here considered as Data Deficient (DD).

Geographic Range:

This species is endemic to the Island of Tenerife. It has been described from Tenerife and La Palma, but the presence of this species on the last island has already been questioned by Wollaston (1878: 453), who recorded this species from wet rocks above the village of Garrachico.

Regions:
Spain - Canaries
Extent of Occurrence (EOO):
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Biogeographic Realms:
Paleartic
Presence:
Extant
Origin:
Endemic Canaries
Seasonality:
Resident

Population:

There are no population data available.

Habitat and Ecology

This species has been recorded to live on wet rocks.

Major Threat(s):

There are no threats known to this species, because of a general lack of information.

Conservation Actions

There is no conservation action in place for this species. More information on the distribution and the population of the species is needed.