''Milax'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

of air-breathing,

keel The keel is the bottom-most longitudinal structural element on a vessel. On some sailboats, it may have a hydrodynamic and counterbalancing purpose, as well. As the laying down of the keel is the initial step in the construction of a ship, in Br ...

ed, land

slug Slug, or land slug, is a common name for any apparently shell-less terrestrial gastropod mollusc. The word ''slug'' is also often used as part of the common name of any gastropod mollusc that has no shell, a very reduced shell, or only a smal ...

s. These are shell-less

terrestrial Terrestrial refers to things related to land or the planet Earth. Terrestrial may also refer to: * Terrestrial animal, an animal that lives on land opposed to living in water, or sometimes an animal that lives on or near the ground, as opposed to ...

gastropod The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...

mollusk Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is e ...

s in the family

Milacidae Milacidae is a family of air-breathing, keeled, land slugs. These are shell-less terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Parmacelloidea. This family has no subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, ...

. This is the

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of the family.

Species

Species within the genus ''Milax'' include:ITIS page
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Milax aegaeicus Milax may refer to: *Milax, Azerbaijan Milax (also, Milakh) is a village and municipality in the Julfa District of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. It is located 55 km in the north from the district center, on the right bank of the Alinjachay River, ...

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Milax altenai Milax may refer to: *Milax, Azerbaijan Milax (also, Milakh) is a village and municipality in the Julfa District of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. It is located 55 km in the north from the district center, on the right bank of the Alinjachay River, ...

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Milax caucasicus ''Milax caucasicus'' is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial molluscs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Milacidae. Distribution The species occurs in Caucasus: List of non-marine molluscs of Georgia (country ...

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Milax cyprius Milax may refer to: *Milax, Azerbaijan Milax (also, Milakh) is a village and municipality in the Julfa District of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. It is located 55 km in the north from the district center, on the right bank of the Alinjachay River, ...

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Milax gagates ''Milax gagates'', known by the common name greenhouse slug, is a species of air-breathing, keel (slug), keeled, land slug, a shell-less terrestrial molluscs, terrestrial gastropod mollusc in the family Milacidae.Marshall, B. (2014). Milax gagate ...

'' - the greenhouse slug. This is the

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of the genus ''Milax'' * '' Milax nigricans'' * ''

Milax ochraceus Milax may refer to: *Milax, Azerbaijan Milax (also, Milakh) is a village and municipality in the Julfa District of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. It is located 55 km in the north from the district center, on the right bank of the Alinjachay River, ...

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Milax parvulus Milax may refer to: *Milax, Azerbaijan Milax (also, Milakh) is a village and municipality in the Julfa District of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. It is located 55 km in the north from the district center, on the right bank of the Alinjachay River, ...

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Milax verrucosus Milax may refer to: *Milax, Azerbaijan Milax (also, Milakh) is a village and municipality in the Julfa District of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. It is located 55 km in the north from the district center, on the right bank of the Alinjachay River, ...

References

External links

* Barr R. A. 1926
"Memoirs: Some Observations on the Pedal Gland of ''Milax''"
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'', Vol s2-70, 647-667. Milacidae Taxa named by John Edward Gray {{Milacidae-stub