Species

BackPlutonia eceroensis (Alonso & Ibañez, 1987)

Plutonia eceroensis (Alonso & Ibañez, 1987)

  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum:
  • Class: Mollusca
  • Order: Gastropoda
  • Family: Vitrinidae
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 relatively widespread and there is no known major threat. It is therefore considered to be Least Concern (LC).

Geographic Range:

This species is endemic to the island of El Hierro.

Regions:
Spain - Canaries
Extent of Occurrence (EOO):
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Area of Occupancy (AOO):
(km2)
Elevation Lower Limit:
10 (m)
Elevation Upper Limit:
1400 (m)
Biogeographic Realms:
Paleartic
Presence:
Extant
Origin:
Endemic Canaries
Seasonality:
Resident

Population:

The size and trend within the subpopulations are stable.

Habitat and Ecology

This species lives in all ecosystems offered by the island.

Major Threat(s):

There are no threats to this species known.

Conservation Actions

Large parts of the subpopulations are under local conservation schemes. This species was assessed by Valido et al. (1999) as LR/nt (low risk).