Hemphillia dromedarius

Taxobox
name = "Hemphillia dromedarius"


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status = NE [IUCN 2007. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. . Downloaded on 27 September 2008.]
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Gastropoda
ordo = Pulmonata
superfamilia = Arionoidea
familia = Arionidae
genus = "Hemphillia"
species = "H. dromedarius"
binomial = "Hemphillia dromedarius"
binomial_authority = Branson, 1972 [Branson, B. A. 1972. "Hemphillia dromedarius", a new arionid slug from Washington. The Nautilus 85:100–106.]
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The "Hemphillia dromedarius", also known as the Dromedary Jumping-slug, is a species of slug in the family Arionidae.

Description

The "Hemphilia dromedarius" is a large slug about 60 mm long [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] .

Distribution and conservation status

It lives in British Columbia in Canada, where the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) has listed 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. [COSEWIC. 2005. [http://www.sararegistry.gc.ca/virtual_sara/files/species/clwsa%5F0505%5Fe%2Epdf Canadian Species at Risk] . Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. 64 pp., page 20.] It is also found in Washington State.

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