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Flashback and foreshadowing-a review of the taxon Opisthobranchia

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Schrödl, Heike Wägele Annette Klussmann-Kolb Eva Verbeek Michael (2014): Flashback and foreshadowing-a review of the taxon Opisthobranchia. Organisms Diversity & Evolution 14 (1): 133-149, DOI: 10.1007/s13127-013-0151-5, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13127-013-0151-5

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