''Boettgeria'' is a
genus of small, very elongate, air-breathing
land snail
A land snail is any of the numerous species of snail that live on land, as opposed to the sea snails and freshwater snails. ''Land snail'' is the common name for terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have shells (those without shells are known as ...
s,
terrestrial pulmonate
Pulmonata or pulmonates, is an informal group (previously an order, and before that a subclass) of snails and slugs characterized by the ability to breathe air, by virtue of having a pallial lung instead of a gill, or gills. The group includ ...
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusks in the family
Clausiliidae, the door snails, all of which have a
clausilium.
This genus of door snails should not be confused with a genus of slugs that has a similar name: ''
Boettgerilla'' Simroth, 1910.
Species
Species within the genus ''Boettgeria'' include
* ''
Boettgeria crispa''
(Lowe, 1831)
* ''
Boettgeria deltostoma
''Boettgeria'' is a genus of small, very elongate, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollu ...
''
(Lowe, 1831)
* ''
Boettgeria depauperata''
(Lowe, 1831)
* ''
Boettgeria exigua''
(Lowe, 1831)
* ''
Boettgeria jensi
''Boettgeria'' is a genus of small, very elongate, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails, all of which have a clausilium.
This genus of door snails should not be conf ...
''
Neubert & Groh, 1998
* ''
Boettgeria lorenziana
''Boettgeria'' is a genus of small, very elongate, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails, all of which have a clausilium.
This genus of door snails should not be conf ...
''
Groh & Hemmen, 1984
* ''
Boettgeria lowei
''Boettgeria'' is a genus of small, very elongate, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails, all of which have a clausilium.
This genus of door snails should not be conf ...
''
Groh & Hemmen, 1984
* ''
Boettgeria obesiuscula''
(Lowe, 1863)
References
*
AnimalBase info at
Boettgeria,
Clausiliidae
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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