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Article: The tergomyan mollusc Carcassonnella from the Upper Ordovician of Girvan, Scotland

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 51
Part: 3
Publication Date: May 2008
Page(s): 663 – 675
Author(s): Jan Ove R. Ebbestad
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EBBESTAD, J. R. 2008. The tergomyan mollusc Carcassonnella from the Upper Ordovician of Girvan, Scotland. Palaeontology, 51, 3, 663–675.

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