Milax (gastropod)

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Milax
Milax caucasicus.jpg
1912 drawings of a preserved specimen of Milax caucasicus from the original description by Heinrich Simroth
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Milacidae
Genus: Milax
Gray, 1855 [1]

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

Contents

This is the type genus of the family.

Species

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

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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