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- ↑ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Melanopsis rifi Ahuir, 2014". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2019-05-19.
- ↑ "Museo Malacologico Piceno Rivista". www.malacologia.org. Retrieved 2019-05-19.
- ↑ "MolluscaBase - Melanopsis rifi Ahuir, 2014". www.molluscabase.org. Retrieved 2019-05-19.