Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Gastropoda
Subclassis: Heterobranchia
Infraclassis: Euthyneura
Cohors: Tectipleura
Subcohors: Panpulmonata
Superordo: Eupulmonata
Ordo: Stylommatophora
Subordo: Helicina
Infraordo: Arionoidei
Superfamilia: Arionoidea
Familia: Binneyidae
Genus: Hemphillia
Species: H. burringtoni – H. camelus – H. danielsi – H. dromedarius – H. glandulosa – H. malonei – H. pantherina
Name
Hemphillia Bland & Binney, 1872
Type species: Hemphillia glandulosa Bland & W.G. Binney, 1872
References
Bland, T., & W.G. Binney. 1872. Ann. Lyc. Nat. Hist. New York 10: 208.
Pilsbry, H. A. 1948. Land Mollusca of North America (north of Mexico), 2(2). The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Monographs 3: 737.
Turgeon, D. D., J. F. J. Quinn, A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, P. M. Mikkelsen, R. J. Neves, C. F. E. Roper, G. Rosenberg, B. Roth, A. Scheltema, F. G. Thompson, M. Vecchione &J. D. Williams. 1998. Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd edition. American Fisheries Society, Special Publication 26: 144.
Hemphillia is a genus of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Binneyidae.
The generic name Hemphillia is in honor of an American malacologist Henry Hemphill (1830–1914).
At least some species of this genus are known as jumping slugs due to their behavior when threatened. At such times, they "jump" by coiling up and straightening out repeatedly in rapid succession.[2][3]
Species
Species in the genus Hemphillia include:[4]
Hemphillia burringtoni
Hemphillia camelus
Hemphillia danielsi
Hemphillia dromedarius
Hemphillia glandulosa - the type species
Hemphillia malonei
Hemphillia pantherina
Hemphillia skadei
References
Bland T. & Binney W. G. (1874). "Description of Hemphillia, a new Genus of Terrestrial Mollusks". Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York. 10: 208-211. Plate 9.
"The Nature Conservancy in Washington".
Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Jumping-slug acrobatics. YouTube.
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
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