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- ↑ Vaginulus sloanii (Cuvier, 1817) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 12 January 2011.
- Dayrat, B. (2009) Review of the current knowledge of the systematics of Onchidiidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Pulmonata) with a checklist of nominal species. Zootaxa 2068: 1–26
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