Biology:Raphitoma alternans

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Raphitoma alternans
Scientific classification edit
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

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
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


Wikidata ☰ Q3715221 entry