| Boettgerilla compressa | |
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| A 1910 drawing of preserved specimens of Boettgerilla compressa from the original description by Heinrich Simroth | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra clade limacoid clade |
| Superfamily: | Limacoidea |
| Family: | Boettgerillidae |
| Genus: | Boettgerilla |
| Species: | B. compressa |
| Binomial name | |
| Boettgerilla compressa Simroth, 1910[1] |
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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 "Werchnaja Zebelda" (Verkhnyaya Tzebelda), Abkhazia.[1][4]
Another known locality is the ruins of Bagrat Castle near Kutaisi in Georgia.[4]
The body of this slug is narrow. The slug has a length of about 2 cm.[1]