Raphitoma alternans is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Raphitomidae.

Description

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.

Footnotes

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

  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:.