Boettgerilla
Genus of gastropods
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Boettgerilla is a genus of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Boettgerillidae.
| Boettgerilla | |
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| Boettgerilla pallens | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Suborder: | Helicina |
| Infraorder: | Limacoidei |
| Superfamily: | Limacoidea |
| Family: | Boettgerillidae Wiktor & I. M. Likharev, 1979[1] |
| Genus: | Boettgerilla Simroth, 1910[2] |
The generic name Boettgerilla is named after the German malacologist Oskar Boettger.
Taxonomy
Boettgerilla is the only genus in the family Boettgerillidae.[1][3] This family has no subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).[4]
Boettgerillidae Van Goethem, 1972[5] is not an available name, because it has no diagnosis.[4]
Distribution
Distribution of Boettgerillidae include western Palearctic.[6]
Species
There are two[1][3] species in the genus Boettgerilla and they include:
- Boettgerilla compressa Simroth, 1910 - type species[2][3][7]
- Boettgerilla pallens Simroth, 1912
Cladogram
A cladogram showing the phylogenic relationships of this family to other families within the limacoid clade:[6]
See also
This genus of slugs should not be confused with a genus of door snails that has a similar name: Boettgeria. Both genera were named in honor of Caesar Rudolf Boettger.
