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Neither slugs nor snails: a molecular reappraisal of the gastropod family Velutinidae

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Fassio, Giulia, Stefani, Matteo, Russini, Valeria, Buge, Barbara, Bouchet, Philippe, Treneman, Nancy, Malaquias, Manuel António E., Schiaparelli, Stefano, Modica, Maria Vittoria, Oliverio, Marco (2023): Neither slugs nor snails: a molecular reappraisal of the gastropod family Velutinidae. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 197 (4): 924-964, DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlac091, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlac091

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