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- ↑ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Clinopegma decora (Dall, 1925)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2017-08-23.
- ↑ "WMSD - Worldwide mollusc species DB - Clinopegma decora". www.bagniliggia.it. Retrieved 2017-08-23.
