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References
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- 1 2 3 Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia . Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks. 47 (1–2): 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
- ↑ Cockerell T. D. A. (1915). "Gastropod Mollusca from the Tertiary strata of the West". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 34(3): 115-120. page 116. PDF.
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