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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 89401 | Powell, A.W.B. 1927 The genetic relatiosnhips of Australasian Rissoids. Part 1. Descriptions of new recent genera and species from New Zealand and Kermadec Islands. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 57:534-548. | 1927 | Merelina compacta | 537-538;figs.5, 5a |
| 833 | Ruppert, E.E., R.S. Fox and R.D. Barnes 2004 Invertebrate Zoology. A functional evolutionary approach. 7th Ed. Brooks/Cole, Thomson Learning learning, Inc. 990 p. | 2004 | Merelina compacta | --> |