Boettgerilla Explained

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.^[1] This family has no subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

Boettgerillidae Van Goethem, 1972^[2] is not an available name, because it has no diagnosis.

Distribution

Distribution of Boettgerillidae include western Palearctic.

Species

There are two^[1] species in the genus Boettgerilla and they include:

• Boettgerilla compressa Simroth, 1910 - type species^{[1] [3]}
• Boettgerilla pallens Simroth, 1912

Cladogram

A cladogram showing the phylogenic relationships of this family to other families within the limacoid clade:^[4]

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.

Further reading

• Schmid G. (1963). "Zur Verbreitung und Anatomie der Gattung Boettgerilla". Archiv für Molluskenkunde 92: 215-225.

External links

• British Non-marine Molluscs: Families

Notes and References

1. Wiktor A. (1989). Limacoidea et Zonitoidea nuda. Slimaki pomrowioksztaltne (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora). Fauna Poloniae 12, Polska Akademia Nauk, Warszawa, 208 pp., page 134-137.
2. Goethem J. van (1972). "Contribution à l'étude de Boettgerilla vermiformis Wiktor, 1959 (Mollusca Pulmonata)". Bulletins de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique 48(14): 1-16. page 14.
3. http://www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de/zooweb/servlet/AnimalBase/home/genustaxon?id=2577 "Genus taxon summary for Boettgerilla"
4. Hausdorf B. (2000). "Biogeography of the Limacoidea sensu lato (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora): Vicariance Events and Long-Distance Dispersal". Journal of Biogeography 27(2): 379-390., JSTOR.