Phrontis karinae

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

Phrontis karinae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Nassariidae
Genus:	Phrontis
Species:	P. karinae
Binomial name
Phrontis karinae (Nowell-Usticke, 1971)
Synonyms[1]
Nassarius albus var. nanus Nowell-Usticke, 1959 (invalid: junior secondary homonym of Nassarius nanus (A. Adams, 1852)) Nassarius karinae Nowell-Usticke, 1971

Description

The length of the shell varies between 5 mm and 10 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea, the Lesser Antilles and the Greater Antilles; in the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil.