Hemphillia dromedarius | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Binneyidae |
Genus: | Hemphillia |
Species: | H. dromedarius
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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.
The Hemphillia dromedarius is a large slug about 60 mm long. [2] https://oregonwild.org/wildlife/malone-jumping-slug
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.