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Zoological code
* ''Helix aspersa'' {{au|[[Otto Friedrich Müller|O. F. Müller]], 1854}}

yields:


Botanical code
* ''Schlumbergera truncata'' {{au|([[Adrian Hardy Haworth|Haw.]]) [[Reid Venable Moran|Moran]]}}
* ''[[Tetraxylopteris]]'' {{au|C.B.Beck|1957}}

yields:

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