Cryptella tamaranensis (Hutterer, 1990)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Parmacella (Cryptella) tamaranensis Hutterer, 1990
Conservation Status
Missing (Régnier et al., 2009; Cowie et al., 2017; Groh, 2017)
Last (and only) record: 1884-1887 (Hutterer, 1990:83; Groh, 2017)
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)
"The valley of Jinamar is now highly cultivated and the species may have got extinct since then."
(Régnier et al., 2009:S1-S2)
Distribution & Habitat
Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, North Africa
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Hutterer, Rainer. (1990). Recent and fossil slugs of the genus Parmacella in the Canary Islands, with descriptions of three new species (Pulmonata: Parmacellidae). Archiv für Molluskenkunde 120(1-3): 73-93. https://doi.org/10.1127/arch.moll/120/1990/73
Other references:
Cowie, Robert H., Régnier, Claire, Fontaine, Benoît, and Bouchet, Philippe. (2017). Measuring the Sixth Extinction: what do mollusks tell us? The Nautilus 131(1): 3-41.
Groh, K. (2017). Cryptella tamaranensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T177778A1497735. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T177778A1497735.en. Downloaded on 27 January 2018.
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Cryptella tamaranensis (Hutterer, 1990). Accessed at: http://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1165166 on 2022-03-26
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cryptella tamaranensis (Hutterer, 1990). Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1165166 on 2025-09-11
Régnier, Claire, Fontaine, Benoît and Bouchet, Philippe. (2009). Not Knowing, Not Recording, Not Listing: Numerous Unnoticed Mollusk Extinctions. Conservation Biology 23(5): 1214-1221.