Milax caucasicus

Milax caucasicus is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Milacidae.

Milax caucasicus
A 1912 drawing 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
Species:
M. caucasicus
Binomial name
Milax caucasicus
(Simroth, 1912)[1]
Synonyms

Amalia caucasica Simroth, 1912

Distribution

The species occurs in Caucasus: Georgia.

Type locality is Borjomi in Georgia.[1]

Ecology

There is no information about its habitat and ecology.[2]

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References
  1. Simroth H. 1912. Neue Beiträge zur Kenntnis der kaukasischen Nacktschneckenfauna. St. Petersburg (Russia). Description of Milax caucasicus is at page 52.
  2. Species summary for Milax caucasicus. AnimalBase. Retrieved 23 February 2009.


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