European regional assessment: Least Concern (LC)
EU 27 regional assessment: Least Concern (LC)

The species has a relatively large distribution area and the habitat of the species is not affected directly by human activity, therefore it is assessed as Least Concern (LC) at the European level and at the level of the 27 member states of the European Union.

According to Kokshoorn and Gittenberger (2010), this species has by far the widest distribution of all chondrinids. It has even been reported from Ascension island, in the middle of the Atlantic ocean (7.94W 14.36S) (Ashmole and Ashmole 1997). The species is found in Portugal and Spain, in the Mediterranean zone and eastwards to Iran and Afghanistan (Gittenberger 1973: 40) and the Arabian peninsula (Neubert 1998: 365, fig. 51; 367, fig. 52). The record from northern Somalia (Verdcourt 1963: 408–409; Gittenberger 1973: 40) is based on the description of Granopupa somalensis Verdcourt, 1963. However, that species should be classified with Rupestrella. Hence the southernmost records for Granopupa are from Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco.

There is no information on population trends, but there is no reason to assume that the population is unstable or extremely fluctuating.

According to AnimalBase (2010), the species inhabits dry and sunny habitats. It is often very abundant, on the ground below limestone rocks and in crevices. In the south of Switzerland , it occurs on south-exposed slopes, up to 1,400 m altitude.

It is a potential threat to this species if the rocks are destroyed by quarrying, by road construction or by other reasons. However the total destruction of the whole habitat is not very likely, therefore this threat is mostly „hypothetical”.

The species is not used.

Due to its large distribution area, several subpopulations may inhabit protected areas.