Raphitoma alternans

{{Short description|Species of gastropod}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}} {{Speciesbox |taxon = Raphitoma alternans |image = |image_caption = |authority = ([[Tommaso Di Maria Allery Monterosato|Monterosato]], 1884) |synonyms_ref = |synonyms = * ''Defrancia alternans'' Paetel, 1888 * ''Philbertia alternans'' Monterosato, 1884 (original combination) * ''Raphitoma (Raphitoma) bucquoyi'' Locard, E.A.A., 1886 * ''Raphitoma (Raphitoma) bucquoyi sfaxiana'' Nordsieck, F., 1977 |display_parents = 3 }}

'''''Raphitoma alternans''''' is a [[species]] of [[sea snail]], a marine [[gastropod]] [[mollusc]] in the [[Family (taxonomy)|family]] [[Raphitomidae]].<ref name="WoRMS">{{WRMS species|139355|''Raphitoma alternans'' (Monterosato, 1884)||5 April 2010}}</ref>

==Description== {{Expand section|date=November 2019|small=no}}

The length of the shell reaches a length of 10 mm. It has a paucispiral [[protoconch]]. ==Distribution== This marine species occurs in the Central and Eastern Mediterranean Sea.

==References== ;Footnotes {{Reflist}} ;Bibliography * Oliverio, M. (2018). ''Catalogue of the primary types of marine molluscan taxa described by Tommaso Allery Di Maria, Marquis of Monterosato, deposited in the Museo Civico di Zoologia, Roma''. Zootaxa, 4477 (1), 1-138. * Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.

==External links== * [http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/109711 Monterosato T. A. (di) (1884). ''Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee''. Palermo, Virzi, 152 pp] * [http://www.gastropods.com/7/Shell_41077.shtml Gastropods.com: ''Raphitoma alternans''] * {{cite journal|last1 = Tucker | first1 = J.K.|year = 2004 | title = Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)|url = http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2004f/z00682f.pdf|journal = Zootaxa|volume = 682|pages = 1–1295| doi = 10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1}} * [http://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/zoology/issues/zoo-14-38-6/zoo-38-6-7-1405-78.pdf ÖZTÜRK, BİLAL, et al. "Marine molluscs of the Turkish coasts: an updated checklist." Turkish Journal of Zoology 38.6 (2014): 832-879]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Raphitoma Alternans}} [[Category:Raphitoma|alternans]] [[Category:Gastropods described in 1884]] [[Category:Taxa named by Tommaso Di Maria Allery Monterosato]]