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Biology, morphology and taxonomy of a snail-feeding leech from North Carolina, USA, provisionally identified as Helobdella lineata (Verrill, 1874) (Glossiphoniidae): First evidence for extra-oral digestion in the Hirudinea
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Sawyer, Roy T. (2024): Biology, morphology and taxonomy of a snail-feeding leech from North Carolina, USA, provisionally identified as Helobdella lineata (Verrill, 1874) (Glossiphoniidae): First evidence for extra-oral digestion in the Hirudinea. Zootaxa 5453 (2): 151-182, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5453.2.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5453.2.1
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