Milax is a genus of air-breathing, keeled, land slugs. These are shell-less terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Milacidae.
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| 1912 drawings of a preserved specimen of Milax caucasicus from the original description by Heinrich Simroth | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Milacidae |
| Genus: | Milax Gray, 1855[1] |
This is the type genus of the family.
Species edit
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
References edit
- ^ 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.
- ^ Species in genus Milax. AnimalBase, accessed 23 February 2009
- ^ ITIS page
External links edit
- Barr R. A. 1926. "Memoirs: Some Observations on the Pedal Gland of Milax". Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, Vol s2-70, 647–667.