Kingdom Animalia Scientific name Milacidae | ||
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Lower classifications Milax gagates, Milax caucasicus | ||
Milacidae is a family of air-breathing, keeled, land slugs. These are shell-less terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Parmacelloidea.
Contents
This family has no subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
Distribution
The distribution of the Milacidae includes the western Palearctic.
Anatomy
In this family, the number of haploid chromosomes lies between 31 and 35 (according to the values in this table).
Genera
Genera within the family Milacidae include:
Cladogram
The following cladogram shows the phylogenic relationships of this family to the other families in the limacoid clade:
References
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