Species Milax gagates (Draparnaud, 1801)
Black-keeled Slug, Greenhouse Slug, Jet Slug
- Limax gagates Draparnaud, J.P.R. 1801. Tableau des Mollusques Terrestres et Fluviatiles de la France. Montpellier : F. Bonnarig 116 pp. [100].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown presumed lost, S France. Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown presumed lost, Port Jackson, NSW.- Limax pectinatus Selenka, E. 1865. Zwei neue nacktschnecken aus Australien (Limax pectinatus und bicolor). Malakozoologische Blätter 12: 105-110 [105].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown presumed lost, Sydney, NSW. - Milax tasmanicus Tate, R. 1881. On some Australian slugs, chiefly Tasmanian. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1880: 15-18 [1881] [16].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown presumed lost, Launceston (Petterd) and Hobart (Legrand), TAS. - Milax nigricolus Tate, R. 1881. On some Australian slugs, chiefly Tasmanian. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1880: 15-18 [1881] [17].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown presumed lost, Adelaide hills, SA.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Altena, C.O. van R. & Smith, B.J. 1975. Notes on introduced slugs of the families Limacidae and Milacidae in Australia, with two new records. Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 3: 63-80 [65]
- Barker, G.M. 1999. Naturalised terrestrial Stylommatophora (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Fauna of New Zealand, 38. Lincoln, Canterbury, New Zealand : Manaaki Whenua Press 253 pp. [87]
Generic Combinations
- Milax gagates (Draparnaud, 1801).
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Throughout SE Australia. Native to western Mediterannean area
Introduced from Canary Islands and the Mediterranean.
IBRA
ACT, NSW, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Ben Lomond (BEL), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Kimberley (CK), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Murchison (MUR), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Stony Plains (STP), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Australian Capital Territory
- New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
- South Australia: S Gulfs, SE coastal
- Tasmania
- Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
- Western Australia: SW coastal
Ecological Descriptors
Crop, gardens, nocturnal, under debris, under logs.
Extra Ecological Information
Grazer, suburban cultivated, nurseries
General References
Altena, C.O. van R. & Smith, B.J. 1975. Notes on introduced slugs of the families Limacidae and Milacidae in Australia, with two new records. Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 3: 63-80 (anatomy)
Runham, N.W. & Hunter, P.J. 1970. Terrestrial Slugs. London : Hutchinson 184 pp. (physiology, ecology, management)
Common Name References
History of changes
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