Rathke, J. (1799). Jattagelser henhorende til Indvoldeormenes og Bloddyrenes Naturhistorie. <em>Skrivter af Naturhistorie-Selskabet, Kiøbenhavn.</em> 5 (1): 61-153, pl. 2-3.[details]
Norenburg, J.; Gibson, R.; Herrera Bachiller, A.; Strand, M. (2024). World Nemertea Database. Planaria linearis Rathke, 1799. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=147039 on 2024-06-27
original descriptionRathke, J. (1799). Jattagelser henhorende til Indvoldeormenes og Bloddyrenes Naturhistorie. <em>Skrivter af Naturhistorie-Selskabet, Kiøbenhavn.</em> 5 (1): 61-153, pl. 2-3.[details]
taxonomy sourceKajihara, H. (2019). Resolving a 200-year-old taxonomic conundrum: neotype designation for <i>Cephalothrix linearis</i> (Nemertea: Palaeonemertea) based on a topotype from Bergen, Norway. <em>Fauna norvegica.</em> 39: 39-76., available online athttps://doi.org/10.5324/fn.v39i0.2734[details] Available for editors [request]
source of synonymyGibson, R. (2005). Nemertina DB. Liverpool John Moore University, UK.[details]