Species: Milax gagates
Greenhouse Slug
Species
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Classification
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Stylommatophora
Family
Milacidae
Genus
Milax
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Classification
Informal Taxonomy
Animals, Invertebrates - Mollusks - Terrestrial Snails
Formal Taxonomy
Animalia - Mollusca - Gastropoda - Stylommatophora - Milacidae - Milax
Ecology and Life History
Habitat Type Description
Terrestrial
Migration
false - false - false
Non-migrant
false
Locally Migrant
false
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G5
Global Status Last Reviewed
2009-03-03
Global Status Last Changed
2002-10-08
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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Global Range
H - >2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles) - H - It occurs in Australia, Europe, Japan, Mexico (including Baja California), New Zeland, the United States, South Africa, Sotuh America, Atlantic Islands (e.g., Bermuda and St. Helena), and Pacific islands (e.g., Juan Fernandes and Rapa Nui) but is probably native to only the coastal zone and islands of the western Mediterranean and Canary Islands.
Global Range Code
H
Global Range Description
>2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles)