Conservationists bred the species at Chester Zoo and have released more than 100,000 snails back into protected habitats since 2019. The species is now considered safe from extinction, and scientists say the species helps ecosystems by consuming vegetation and recycling nutrients.

The snails were nearly wiped out by habitat loss, climate pressures, and invasive predators such as wolf snails and carnivorous flatworms. The recovery began with fewer than 200 surviving snails, and the species is now established in six protected areas across Bermuda. Conservationists are now trying to restore another rare species, the lesser Bermuda land snail.