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Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador = Catálogo de las plantas vasculares del Ecuador - González, Amada Pedroni. (Missouri Botanical Garden Press, 1999)

Checklist of CITES Species and Annotated CITES Appendices and Reservations - Inskipp, Tim (CITES Secretariat, UNEP-WCMC, 2005)

Manual of conchology, structural and systematic : with illustrations of the species - Tryon, George W., (George Washington), 1838 -1888 (Published by the Author, Academy of Natural Sciences, 1879)