Boettgerilla compressa | |
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A 1910 drawing of preserved specimens of Boettgerilla compressa from the original description by Heinrich Simroth | |
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Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra clade limacoid clade |
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Species: | B. compressa
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Boettgerilla compressa |
Boettgerilla compressa is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Boettgerillidae.
Boettgerilla compressa is the type species of the genus Boettgerilla. [1] [2] [3]
The type locality of Boettgerilla compressa is Tsebelda, Abkhazia. [1] [4] Another known locality is the environs of the Bagrati Cathedral near Kutaisi in Georgia. [4]
The body of this slug is narrow. The slug has a length of about 2 cm. [1]