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: