Nassarius protrusidens

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

Nassarius protrusidens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Nassariidae
Genus:	Nassarius
Species:	N. protrusidens
Binomial name
Nassarius protrusidens (Melvill, 1918)
Synonyms[1]
Alectrion (Hima) protrusidens Melvill, 1918 (original combination) Nassarius (Zeuxis) protrusidens Melvill, 1918

Description

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean off La Réunion and in the Pacific Ocean off the Philippines.