Species

BackPlutonia atlantica (Morelet, 1860)

Plutonia atlantica (Morelet, 1860)

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

Countries of Occurrence:
Portugal - Azores

Archipelago(s):
Azores

Assessor/s:
Frias Martins, A.

Reviewer/s:
Neubert, E. & Nichols, C.

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Assessment Rationale:

This species is found in the Azores, where it is widespread in both endemic and secondary forests. This species faces no threats therefore it has been assessed as Least Concern (LC).

Geographic Range:

This species is found on São Miguel, Terceira, São Jorge, Pico and Faial islands, Azores.

Regions:
Portugal - Azores
Extent of Occurrence (EOO):
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Area of Occupancy (AOO):
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Elevation Lower Limit:
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Biogeographic Realms:
Palearctic
Presence:
Extant
Origin:
Endemic Azores
Seasonality:
Resident

Population:

First thought to be restricted to São Miguel island (Morelet 1860) Plutonia atlantica was later found in São Jorge and Faial (Backhuys 1975) and Pico (Martins et al. 2006); it lives also on Terceira (A. Martins pers. obs. 2010).

Habitat and Ecology

This species lives in mountain forested habitats, endemic and secondary. It has a mostly subterranean life, and can be found under dead leaves, but mostly in rotting branches and under half-buried stones. It feeds on earthworms. It is rarely found, mostly due to its habits and extremely cryptic colouration.

Major Threat(s):

Due to the extent of its distribution, no special threats are identified for this species.

Conservation Actions

There are no conservation measures needed for this species.