An enigmatic, very small, hygromiid, petrophilous snail from La Gomera, Canary Islands, is described as new to science. Specimens with full-grown genitalia have not yet been found. Therefore, the generic affinities of the new taxon remain unclear.

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R. Hutterer, & E. Gittenberger. (1998). A dwarf on the rocks: Ripkeniella petrophila gen. et spec. nov. (Gastropoda Pulmonata: Hygromiidae), a tiny petrophilous snail from La Gomera, Canary Islands. Basteria, 62(1/2), 117–122.