''Hemphillia'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

of air-breathing land

slug Slug, or land slug, is a common name for any apparently shell-less Terrestrial mollusc, terrestrial gastropod mollusc. The word ''slug'' is also often used as part of the common name of any gastropod mollusc that has no shell, a very reduced ...

terrestrial Terrestrial refers to things related to land or the planet Earth, as opposed to extraterrestrial. Terrestrial may also refer to: * Terrestrial animal, an animal that lives on land opposed to living in water, or sometimes an animal that lives on o ...

pulmonate Pulmonata or pulmonates is an informal group (previously an order, and before that, a subclass) of snails and slugs characterized by the ability to breathe air, by virtue of having a pallial lung instead of a gill, or gills. The group inclu ...

gastropod Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...

mollusk Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The ...

s in the family

Binneyidae Binneyidae is a family of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Arionoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). Genera The family Binneyidae has no subfamilie ...

. The generic name ''Hemphillia'' is in honor of an American malacologist

Henry Hemphill Henry Hemphill (1830–1914) was an American malacologist, a biologist who studies mollusks. In particular he studied land and freshwater mollusca. His collection of land, freshwater, and marine mollusks became holdings of the California Academy ...

(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.

Species

Species in the genus ''Hemphillia'' include: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 * ''

Hemphillia burringtoni ''Hemphillia burringtoni'', the keeled jumping-slug, is a species of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Binneyidae Binneyidae is a family of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropo ...

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Hemphillia camelus ''Hemphillia camelus'' is a species of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Binneyidae Binneyidae is a family of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily ...

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Hemphillia danielsi ''Hemphillia danielsi'', the marbled jumping-slug, is a species of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Binneyidae Binneyidae is a family of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod ...

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Hemphillia dromedarius ''Hemphillia dromedarius'', the dromedary jumping-slug, is a species of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Binneyidae. Description The ''Hemphillia dromedarius'' is a large slug about 60 mm long ...

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Hemphillia glandulosa ''Hemphillia glandulosa'', the warty jumping-slug, is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Binneyidae. ''Hemphillia glandulosa'' is the type species of the genus ''Hemphillia''. Distrib ...

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type species In International_Code_of_Zoological_Nomenclature, zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the spe ...

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Hemphillia malonei ''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 spec ...

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Hemphillia pantherina ''Hemphillia pantherina'' is a species of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Binneyidae Binneyidae is a family of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfami ...

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Hemphillia skadei ''Hemphillia skadei'', or Skade's jumping slug, is a species of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Binneyidae.M.K. Lucid, A. Rankin, A. Espíndola, L. Chichester, S. Ehlers, L. Robinson, and J. Sulliv ...

References

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