{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Hemphillia glandulosa.jpg | image_caption = ''Hemphillia glandulosa'' | taxon = Hemphillia | authority = Thomas Bland & Binney, 1872<ref name="Bland">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''. [https://archive.org/details/annalsoflyceumof101874lyce '''10''']: [https://archive.org/stream/annalsoflyceumof101874lyce#page/208/mode/1up 208]-211. [https://archive.org/stream/annalsoflyceumof101874lyce#page/n458/mode/1up Plate 9].</ref> | synonyms = }}

'''''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.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.nature.org/ourinitiatives/regions/northamerica/unitedstates/washington/explore/the-secret-lives-of-jumping-slugs.xml | title=The Nature Conservancy in Washington }}</ref><ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211209/TVj991ExTwQ Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20120703150501/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVj991ExTwQ&gl=US&hl=en Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite AV media| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVj991ExTwQ| title = Jumping-slug acrobatics | website=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

== Species == Species in the genus ''Hemphillia'' include:<ref>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</ref> * ''Hemphillia burringtoni'' * ''Hemphillia camelus'' * ''Hemphillia danielsi'' * ''Hemphillia dromedarius'' * ''Hemphillia glandulosa'' - the type species * ''Hemphillia malonei'' * ''Hemphillia pantherina'' * ''Hemphillia skadei''

== Gallery == thumb|a live Hemphillia found in leaflitter in Rochester, WA center|thumb|The "Shell" of the jumping slug

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Category:Binneyidae Category:Gastropod genera Category:Taxa named by William G. Binney Category:Taxa named by Thomas B. Bland

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