Nassarius niveus

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

Nassarius niveus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Nassariidae
Genus:	Nassarius
Species:	N. niveus
Binomial name
Nassarius niveus (A. Adams, 1852)
Synonyms
Nassa (Caesia) plicatella A. Adams, 1852 Nassa (Tritia) nivea A. Adams, 1852 Nassa (Tritia) plicatella A. Adams, 1852 Nassa nivea A. Adams, 1852 (basionym) Nassa plicatella A. Adams, 1852 (Invalid: junior homonym of Nassa plicatella Münster, 1835) Nassa scopularca Barnard, 1959 Nassarius (Zeuxis) plicatellus (A. Adams, 1852) Nassarius plicatellus (A. Adams, 1852)

Description

The shell size varies between 15 mm and 25 mm

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Angola, Namibia and the west coast of South Africa