Nassarius luridus

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

Nassarius luridus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Nassariidae
Genus:	Nassarius
Species:	N. luridus
Binomial name
Nassarius luridus (Gould, 1850)
Synonyms[1]
Nassa (Alectryon) elegans fulgurans (f) Schepman, M.M., 1913 Nassa (Alectryon) lurida Gould, 1850 Nassa (Telasco) dispar A. Adams, 1852 Nassa (Zeuxis) lucida Gould, 1850 Nassa (Zeuxis) lurida Gould, 1850 Nassa dispar A. Adams, 1852 Nassa graphitera Rousseau, 1854 Nassa kieneri Deshayes, 1863 Nassa lurida Gould, 1850 Nassarius (Telasco) luridus (Gould, 1850) Nassarius kieneri Anton, 1957

Description

The shell size varies between 12 mm and 20 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indo-West Pacific off Indonesia.