Boettgerilla
# Boettgerilla

Boettgerilla is a genus of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Boettgerillidae.

The generic name Boettgerilla is named after the German malacologist Oskar Boettger.

## Taxonomy

Boettgerilla is the only genus in the family Boettgerillidae. This family has no subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

Boettgerillidae Van Goethem, 1972 is not an available name, because it has no diagnosis.

## Distribution

Distribution of Boettgerillidae include western Palearctic.

## Species

There are two species in the genus Boettgerilla and they include:

* Boettgerilla compressa Simroth, 1910 - type species
* Boettgerilla pallens Simroth, 1912

## Cladogram

A cladogram showing the phylogenic relationships of this family to other families within the limacoid clade:

