- Source: 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, 2005).
Distribution
The distribution of the Milacidae includes the western Palearctic region.
Anatomy
In the Milacidae family, the number of haploid chromosomes ranges from 31 to 35 (according to the values in this table).
Genera
Genera within the family Milacidae include:
Milax Gray, 1855 - type genus
Tandonia Lessona & Pollonera, 1882
Cladogram
The following cladogram shows the phylogenic relationships of this family to the other families in the limacoid clade:
References
Further reading
Schileyko A. A. (2003). "Treatise on recent terrestrial pulmonate mollusks. 10. Ariophantidae, Ostracolethaidae, Ryssotidae, Milacidae, Dyakiidae, Staffordiidae, Gastrodontidae, Zonitidae, Daudebardiidae, Parmacellidae". Ruthenica, Supplement 2. 1309-1466.
Wiktor A. (1987). "Milacidae (Gastropoda, Pulmonata) — systematic monograph". Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 41: 153-319.
External links
Media related to Milacidae at Wikimedia Commons
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Pulmonata
- Milacidae
- Red slug
- Necromeny
- Tandonia kusceri
- Milax gagates
- Phasmarhabditis hermaphrodita
- Pulmonata
- Tandonia rustica
- Pneumostome
- Ariophantidae
