Hemphillia dromedarius

The Hemphillia dromedarius, common name the dromedary jumping-slug, is a species of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Arionidae, the roundback slugs.

Hemphillia dromedarius
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clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora

informal group Sigmurethra
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H. dromedarius
Binomial name
Hemphillia dromedarius
Branson, 1972[1]

Description

The Hemphillia dromedarius is a large slug about 60 mm long.[2]

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.


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