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Hemphillia dromedarius

Hemphillia dromedarius
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Binneyidae
Genus: Hemphillia
Species:
H. dromedarius
Binomial name
Hemphillia dromedarius

Hemphillia dromedarius, the dromedary jumping-slug, is a species of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Binneyidae.

Description

The Hemphillia dromedarius is a large slug about 60 mm long.[2] https://oregonwild.org/wildlife/malone-jumping-slug

Distribution and conservation status

It lives in British Columbia in Canada, where the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) has assessed it as a threatened species. The Canadian Species at Risk Act listed it in the List of Wildlife Species at Risk as being threatened in Canada.[3] It is also found in Washington State.

References

  1. ^ Branson B. A. (1972). "Hemphillia dromedarius, a new arionid slug from Washington". The Nautilus 85: 100–106.
  2. ^ COSEWIC 2003. COSEWIC assessment and status report on the dromedary jumping-slug Hemphillia dromedarius in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa. vi + 21 pp. http://www.sararegistry.gc.ca/virtual_sara/files/cosewic/sr_dromedary_jumping_slug_e.pdf
  3. ^ COSEWIC. 2005. Canadian Species at Risk. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. 64 pp., page 20.