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Jet slug

Milax gagates (Draparnaud, 1801)

Status not recordedsnails and slugs

The jet slug (Milax gagates) is a species in the family Milacidae.

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Quick facts about the jet slug

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the jet slug live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the jet slug as introduced in 12 countries, and flagged as invasive in 1 of them.

  1. Argentinainvasive
  2. Austria
  3. Belgium
  4. Colombia
  5. Germany
  6. Mexico
  7. New Zealand
  8. South Africa
  9. Sri Lanka
  10. Sweden
  11. Switzerland
  12. United States

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the jet slug endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the jet slug classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classGastropoda
  4. familyMilacidae
  5. genusMilax
  6. SpeciesMilax gagates (Draparnaud, 1801)

Synonyms Amalia antipodarum, Amalia antipodarum var. pallida, Amalia babori, Amalia cabiliana, Amalia canaria, Amalia gagates, Amalia gagates var. bedriagae, Amalia gagates var. plumbea, Amalia maderensis, Amalia parryi, Amalia santosi, Limax carenata, Limax fuliginosus, Limax gagates, Limax hewstoni, Limax maurus, Limax pectinatus, Limax polyptyelus, Milax antipodarum, Milax atratus, Milax azoricus, Milax emarginatus, Milax gagates, Milax gagates var. plumbea, Milax gaimardi, Milax gigates, Milax hewstoni, Milax nigricolus, Milax scaptobius, Milax tasmanicus, Milax verneaui

Other names and names in other languages (18)
  • Black keeled slugEnglish
  • Greenhouse slugEnglish
  • Keeled slugEnglish
  • Small black slugEnglish
  • Smooth jet slugEnglish
  • plžice tmaváCzech
  • Dunkler KielschnegelGerman
  • Babosa negraSpanish
  • purjeharjaetanaFinnish
  • Pseudolimace jayetFrench
  • Tamna grebenkaCroatian
  • ニワコウラナメクジJapanese
  • mørksørsneglNorwegian Bokmål
  • Zwarte kielnaaktslakDutch
  • mørksørsnigelNorwegian Nynorsk
  • mörk sydsnigelSwedish
  • Dunkle KielnacktschneckeGerman
  • Babosa europea de invernaderoSpanish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the jet slug

Other species in the same genus Milax.

Black slug

Milax nigricans

MilacidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the jet slug an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the jet slug as invasive in 1 country: Argentina. It lists it as introduced in 12 in all.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Jet slug (Milax gagates). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/jet-slug

MLA

“Jet slug (Milax gagates).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/jet-slug.

BibTeX
@misc{jet_slug_2026,
  title = {Jet slug (Milax gagates)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/jet-slug},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}