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- ↑ Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2).
- ↑ "Lophospiridae Wenz, 1938". GBIF.org . Retrieved 11 June 2014.
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