Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Boettgerillidae Scientific name Boettgerilla compressa | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Limacoidea Genus Boettgerilla Rank Species | |
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Boettgerilla compressa is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Boettgerillidae.
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Boettgerilla compressa is the type species of the genus Boettgerilla.
Distribution
The type locality of Boettgerilla compressa is "Werchnaja Zebelda" (Verkhnyaya Tzebelda), Abkhazia.
Another known locality is the ruins of Bagrat Castle near Kutaisi in Georgia.
Description
The body of this slug is narrow. The slug has a length of about 2 cm.
References
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