Boettgerilla is a genus of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Boettgerillidae.
[1][3] This family has no subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
[4] Distribution of Boettgerillidae include western Palearctic.
[6] There are two[1][3] species in the genus Boettgerilla and they include: A cladogram showing the phylogenic relationships of this family to other families within the limacoid clade:[6] Staffordiidae Dyakiidae Pristilomatidae Chronidae Euconulidae Trochomorphidae Gastrodontidae Oxychilidae Trigonochlamydidae Parmacellidae Milacidae Zonitidae Helicarionidae Ariophantidae Urocyclidae Vitrinidae Boettgerillidae Limacidae Agriolimacidae 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.