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314:Armadillidium sorattinum
279:Armadillidium commutatum
269:Armadillidium armeniense
893:10.1163/156854084X00298
608:Armadillidium sordidum,
474:Armadillidium depressum
294:Armadillidium nitidulum
289:Armadillidium marmoreum
284:Armadillidium decipiens
918:Natural History Museum
816:Natural History Museum
324:Armadillidium triviale
304:Armadillidium pilulare
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1260:Armadillidium_vulgare
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988:Ecological Monographs
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629:mitochondrial genomes
600:Armadillidium vulgare
578:, where it may reach
498:Armadillidium vulgare
468:Armadillidium nasatum
439:Armadillidium vulgare
393:common pill woodlouse
380:Armadillidium vulgare
299:Armadillidium oliveti
238:Armadillidium vulgare
72:Armadillidium vulgare
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1184:at Wikimedia Commons
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623:Mitochondrial genome
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364:Armadillo variegatus
354:Armadillo pustulatus
264:Armadillidium affine
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924:on October 16, 2012
542:Mediterranean Basin
359:Armadillo trivialis
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344:Armadillo marmoreus
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928:November 7,
880:Crustaceana
667:Solid grey
612:A. vulgare.
434:Description
93:Missolonghi
1585:Categories
1554:Q109653980
855:August 30,
821:August 20,
786:ARKive.org
760:2009-02-13
693:References
685:A. vulgare
669:A. vulgare
584:California
572:A. vulgare
566:A. vulgare
550:A. vulgare
538:A. vulgare
522:A. vulgare
502:calcareous
487:A. vulgare
479:A. nasatum
405:doodle bug
389:potato bug
182:Suborder:
156:Arthropoda
111:A. vulgare
89:A. vulgare
55:March 2021
1128:CiteSeerX
671:as adults
633:A.vulgare
588:grassland
544:. In the
420:woodlouse
409:carpenter
397:roly-poly
245:Latreille
214:Species:
186:Oniscidea
142:Kingdom:
136:Eukaryota
95:, Greece
39:summarize
1548:Wikidata
1452:2.113151
1426:10601975
1304:BugGuide
1280:BioLib:
1231:Q1300629
1225:Wikidata
1158:25325865
1150:17906827
1094:July 10,
998:: 1â22.
687:specimen
683:Spotted
586:coastal
554:southern
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