Milax (gastropod)

Milax is a genus of air-breathing, keeled, land slugs. These are shell-less terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Milacidae.

Milax
1912 drawings of a preserved specimen of Milax caucasicus from the original description by Heinrich Simroth
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
clade limacoid clade
Superfamily:
Parmacelloidea
Family:
Milacidae
Genus:
Milax

Gray, 1855[1]

This is the type genus of the family.

Species

Species within the genus Milax include:[2][3]

  • Milax aegaeicus
  • Milax altenai
  • Milax caucasicus
  • Milax cyprius
  • Milax gagates - the greenhouse slug. This is the type species of the genus Milax
  • Milax nigricans
  • Milax ochraceus
  • Milax parvulus
  • Milax verrucosus
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References
  1. Gray J. E. (1855) Catalogue of Pulmonata or air-breathing Mollusca in the collection of the British Museum. Part I. pp. [1-3], 1-192, [1-4]. London.
  2. Species in genus Milax. AnimalBase, accessed 23 February 2009
  3. ITIS page


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