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A small slug from a tropical greenhouse reveals a new rathouisiid lineage with triaulic tritrematic genitalia (Gastropoda: Systellommatophora)

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Manganelli, Giuseppe, Lesicki, Andrzej, Benocci, Andrea, Barbato, Debora, Miserocchi, Danio, Pieńkowska, Joanna R., Giusti, Folco (2023): A small slug from a tropical greenhouse reveals a new rathouisiid lineage with triaulic tritrematic genitalia (Gastropoda: Systellommatophora). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 197 (1): 76-103, DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlac054, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlac054

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