Milax caucasicus is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Milacidae.
| Milax caucasicus | |
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| A 1912 drawing 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 |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Milacidae |
| Genus: | Milax |
| Species: | M. caucasicus
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| Binomial name | |
| Milax caucasicus | |
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Amalia caucasica Simroth, 1912 | |
Distribution
editThe species occurs in Caucasus: Georgia.
Type locality is Borjomi in Georgia.[1]
Ecology
editThere is no information about its habitat and ecology.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b Simroth H. 1912. Neue Beiträge zur Kenntnis der kaukasischen Nacktschneckenfauna. St. Petersburg (Russia). Description of Milax caucasicus is at page 52.
- ^ Species summary for Milax caucasicus. AnimalBase. Retrieved 23 February 2009.