Nassarius clarus

Nassarius clarus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.^[1]

Nassarius clarus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Nassariidae
Subfamily:	Nassariinae
Genus:	Nassarius
Subgenus:	Zeuxis
Species:	N. clarus
Binomial name
Nassarius clarus (Marrat, 1877)
Synonyms[1]
Nassa australis A. Adams, 1853 Nassa clara Marrat, 1877 Nassa semiplicata Adams, A., 1877 Nassarius (Zeuxis) clarus (Marrat, 1877) Nassarius australis (A. Adams, 1853)

Description

The length of the shell varies between 16 mm and 30 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Western Australia^[2] and in the Indian Ocean.

Ecology

Nassarius clarus feeds on dead fishes and other carrion.^[2] | name = Nassarius clarus