Milacidae

Soil Kielschnegel ( Tandonia budapestensis )

The slug family of Kielschnegel (Latin Milacidae ) belongs to the order of the lung worm.

Features

The species of the family are medium to very large with a well-developed keel. The shell plate is relatively short and usually less than one- third of the total body length. He does not show a concentric pattern, but only fine, irregularly distributed warts. The case is greatly reduced and only platy with an oval outline. It is surrounded by the mantle.

Dissemination

The focus of dissemination lies in south-western Europe. However, some species are also found in western and central Europe. Some species are now also spread to other continents.

System

To the family of Kielschnegel include the two genera Tandonia and Milax together with about 20 species. Especially in the genus Tandonia is still unclear in some species, if they are not identical. The genus Milax, some authors in the two subgenera Milax ( Milax ) and Milax ( Micromilax ) Hesse, divided 1926.

  • Milax Dark Kielschnegel ( Milax gagates )
  • Black Kielschnegel ( Milax nigricans )
  • Milax aegaeicus
  • Milax altenai
  • Soil Kielschnegel (also Green Kielschnegel ) ( Tandonia budapestensis )
  • Ehrmanns Kielschnegel ( Tandonia ehrmanni )
  • Big Kielschnegel ( Tandonia rustica)
  • Gelbstreifiger Kielschnegel ( Tandonia sowerbyi )
  • Tandonia nigra
  • Tandonia robici
  • Tandonia simrothi possibly synonymous with T. ehrmanni
Heterobranchia Stylommatophora Parmacelloidea Milax (gastropod)
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