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.
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
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| Species: | H. dromedarius |
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| 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
- Branson B. A. (1972). "Hemphillia dromedarius, a new arionid slug from Washington". The Nautilus 85: 100–106.
- 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
- COSEWIC. 2005. Canadian Species at Risk. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. 64 pp., page 20.
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