Nassarius comptus


Nassarius comptus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.
There is one subspecies : Nassarius comptus polita

Description

The shell size varies between 15 mm and 24 mm

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off the Mascarene Basin and Mauritius and in the Pacific Ocean off Indonesia and Australia