| Citation | Rice, D.W., 1998 Marine Mammals of the World Systematics and Distribution. Special Publication number 4: The Society for Marine Mammalogy. 231p. | 
| Ref. | 1522 Rice, D.W., 1998 | 
| Page | 44 | 
| Named Used as Valid | Pagophilus groenlandicus | 
| Locality | |
| Distribution | Newfoundland, White Sea, Jan Mayen (Norway), Greenland Sea, Nova Scotia, Greenland, Iceland, Virginia, Scotland, Germany, France, Barents Sea, Russia. |