Caseolus subcalliferus

Caseolus subcalliferus is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geometridae, the hairy snails and their allies.^[2]

Caseolus subcalliferus
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Geomitridae
Genus:	Caseolus
Species:	C. subcalliferus
Binomial name
Caseolus subcalliferus (Reeve, 1854)
Synonyms
Caseolus (Caseolus) subcalliferus (Reeve, 1854) · alternate representation Caseolus (Caseolus) subcalliferus subcalliferus (Reeve, 1854) (superseded combination)

This species is endemic to Porto Santo, Portugal.

Habitat

It lives on upper parts of various plants including Juncus maritimus.^[1]

Conservation

The survival of this species is threatened by habitat loss, mainly from land-use management or fire, but also habitat degradation due to introduction of invasive plants.^[1]