# Raphitoma alternans

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Species of gastropod

Raphitoma alternans Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Subclass: Caenogastropoda Order: Neogastropoda Superfamily: Conoidea Family: Raphitomidae Genus: Raphitoma Species: R. alternans Binomial name Raphitoma alternans (Monterosato, 1884) 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

***Raphitoma alternans*** is a [species](/source/Species) of [sea snail](/source/Sea_snail), a marine [gastropod](/source/Gastropod) [mollusc](/source/Mollusc) in the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Raphitomidae](/source/Raphitomidae).[1]

## Description

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The length of the shell reaches a length of 10 mm. It has a paucispiral [protoconch](/source/Protoconch).

## Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Central and Eastern Mediterranean Sea.

## References

**Footnotes**

1. **[^](#cite_ref-WoRMS_1-0)** [*Raphitoma alternans* (Monterosato, 1884)](http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139355). Retrieved through: [World Register of Marine Species](/source/World_Register_of_Marine_Species) on 5 April 2010.

**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

- [Monterosato T. A. (di) (1884). *Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee*. Palermo, Virzi, 152 pp](http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/109711)

- [Gastropods.com: *Raphitoma alternans*](http://www.gastropods.com/7/Shell_41077.shtml)

- Tucker, J.K. (2004). ["Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)"](http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2004f/z00682f.pdf) (PDF). *Zootaxa*. **682**: 1–1295. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1](https://doi.org/10.11646%2Fzootaxa.682.1.1).

- [ÖZTÜRK, BİLAL, et al. "Marine molluscs of the Turkish coasts: an updated checklist." Turkish Journal of Zoology 38.6 (2014): 832-879](http://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/zoology/issues/zoo-14-38-6/zoo-38-6-7-1405-78.pdf)

Taxon identifiers Raphitoma alternans Wikidata: Q3715221 CoL: 4RKR8 EUNIS: 59355 GBIF: 4369317 IRMNG: 10825422 OBIS: 139355 Open Tree of Life: 2902647 SeaLifeBase: 98760 WoRMS: 139355 Philbertia alternans Wikidata: Q6787893 CoL: 4G5MK EoL: 12178233 GBIF: 6509215 IRMNG: 11708198 WoRMS: 434599

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