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Raphitoma alternans

Raphitoma alternans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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 of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Raphitomidae.[1]

Description

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The length of the shell reaches a length of 10 mm. It has a paucispiral protoconch.

Distribution

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

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