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References
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- ↑ Bouchet, P. (2011). Zegalerus Finlay, 1926. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=565220 on 2011-05-10
- ↑ Jeffrey D. Stilwell,William J. Zinsmeister, Molluscan systematics and biostratigraphy: lower tertiary, La Meseta Formation, Seymour Island, Antarctic Peninsula
- ↑ A.W.B. Powell, Tertiary Molluscan Faunulesfrom the Waitemata Beds
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
