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Family: Nassariidae Nassa mud snails (See list of species below)

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108 species in Pacific, Western Central with fin ray counts including ? spines in dorsal and ? in anal fins (see list below)

No picture found Cyllene pulchella []	No picture found Cyllene sibogae []	No picture found Hebra horrida [Horrid nassa]
No picture found Hebra subspinosa []	No picture found Nassarius accuminatus []	No picture found Nassarius acuticostus []
No picture found Nassarius agapetus []	Nassarius albescens [Whitish nassa]	No picture found Nassarius alfuricus []
Nassarius arcularia [Cake nassa]	No picture found Nassarius babylonicus []	No picture found Nassarius beatus []
No picture found Nassarius bifarius []	No picture found Nassarius bimaculosus []	No picture found Nassarius burchardi []
No picture found Nassarius caelatus []	No picture found Nassarius callospira []	No picture found Nassarius camelus []
No picture found Nassarius canaliculatus []	No picture found Nassarius castus []	No picture found Nassarius celebensis []
No picture found Nassarius cinctellus []	No picture found Nassarius cinnamomeus []	Nassarius comptus []
No picture found Nassarius comtessei []	Nassarius concinnus [Neat nassa]	Nassarius conoidalis [Cone-shaped nassa]
Nassarius coronatus [Coronate nassa]	Nassarius crematus [Burned nassa]	Nassarius crenoliratus []
No picture found Nassarius crenulicostatus []	No picture found Nassarius delicatus []	No picture found Nassarius disparilis []
No picture found Nassarius distortus [Necklace nassa]	Nassarius dorsatus [Unicolour dog whelk]	No picture found Nassarius echinatus []
No picture found Nassarius ecstilbus []	No picture found Nassarius elegans []	No picture found Nassarius elegantissimus [Elegant nassa]
No picture found Nassarius euglyptus []	No picture found Nassarius excellens []	No picture found Nassarius eximius []
No picture found Nassarius fissilabris []	No picture found Nassarius fragum []	No picture found Nassarius fraudulentus []
No picture found Nassarius fretorum []	No picture found Nassarius fuscolineatus []	Nassarius gaudiosus [Gaudy nassa]
No picture found Nassarius gerstenbrandti []	Nassarius glans [Glans nassa]	No picture found Nassarius globosus [Globose nassa]
No picture found Nassarius graniferus [Granulated nassa]	No picture found Nassarius gruneri []	No picture found Nassarius haldemanni []
No picture found Nassarius hepaticus []	No picture found Nassarius hirasei []	No picture found Nassarius jacksonianus [Mud whelk]
Nassarius javanus []	No picture found Nassarius kiiensis []	No picture found Nassarius leptospirus []
No picture found Nassarius limnaeiformis []	No picture found Nassarius livescens [Nassa mud shell]	No picture found Nassarius lochi []
No picture found Nassarius luridus [Nassarius sea snail]	No picture found Nassarius macrocephala []	No picture found Nassarius mamillatus []
No picture found Nassarius marganitifer []	No picture found Nassarius margaritifer []	No picture found Nassarius margaritiferus [Margarite nassa]
No picture found Nassarius micans []	No picture found Nassarius moestus []	No picture found Nassarius multicostatus []
No picture found Nassarius multigranosus []	No picture found Nassarius multipunctatus []	No picture found Nassarius multivocus []
Nassarius nodiferus []	Nassarius olivaceus [Olivaceous nassa]	No picture found Nassarius oneratus [Loaded nassa]
No picture found Nassarius ovoidea []	Nassarius papillosus [Pimpled basket shell]	No picture found Nassarius politus []
No picture found Nassarius protrusidens []	No picture found Nassarius pseudoconcinnus []	Nassarius pullus [Black nassa]
No picture found Nassarius pulvinaris []	No picture found Nassarius pupinoides []	No picture found Nassarius quadrasi [Spiny dog whelk]
No picture found Nassarius reeveanus []	No picture found Nassarius samiae []	No picture found Nassarius scalaris []
No picture found Nassarius semisulcatus []	No picture found Nassarius silvardi []	No picture found Nassarius sinusigerus []
No picture found Nassarius siquijorensis []	No picture found Nassarius smithii []	No picture found Nassarius spiratus []
Nassarius splendidulus []	No picture found Nassarius stolatus []	No picture found Nassarius subspinosus []
No picture found Nassarius subtranslucidus []	No picture found Nassarius sufflatus []	No picture found Nassarius thachi []
No picture found Nassarius troendleorum []	No picture found Nassarius velatus []	No picture found Nassarius venustus [Lovely nassa]
No picture found Nassarius vitiensis []	No picture found Nassarius vittatus []	Recticunassa paupera []

108 Species of Family Nassariidae
(Nassa mud snails)

Sort by: Species Length

Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Cyllene pulchella		Western Central Pacific	1.5 ShH
Cyllene sibogae		Western Central Pacific
Hebra horrida	Horrid nassa	Western Central Pacific
Hebra subspinosa		Western Central Pacific
Nassarius accuminatus		Western Pacific.	3.5 SHL
Nassarius acuticostus		Western Central Pacific
Nassarius agapetus		Western Central Pacific
Nassarius albescens	Whitish nassa	Indo-West Pacific.
Nassarius alfuricus		Western Central Pacific
Nassarius arcularia	Cake nassa	Indo-Pacific and the Medi	4 SHL
Nassarius babylonicus		Western Central Pacific
Nassarius beatus		Western Central Pacific
Nassarius bifarius		Western Central Pacific
Nassarius bimaculosus		Western Central Pacific
Nassarius burchardi		Western Central Pacific
Nassarius caelatus		Western Pacific
Nassarius callospira		Western Central Pacific
Nassarius camelus		Western Central Pacific
Nassarius canaliculatus		Western Central Pacific
Nassarius castus		Indo-West Pacific
Nassarius celebensis		Western Central Pacific
Nassarius cinctellus		Western Central Pacific a	1.3 DL
Nassarius cinnamomeus		Western Central Pacific
Nassarius comptus		Western Central Pacific
Nassarius comtessei		Western Central Pacific
Nassarius concinnus	Neat nassa	Indo-West Pacific.
Nassarius conoidalis	Cone-shaped nassa	Western Pacific	3 ShH
Nassarius coronatus	Coronate nassa	Indo-West Pacific	3.5 ShH
Nassarius crematus	Burned nassa	Indo-Pacific	4 SHL
Nassarius crenoliratus		Western Central Pacific	1.5 ShH
Nassarius crenulicostatus		Central Pacific
Nassarius delicatus		Western Central Pacific
Nassarius disparilis		Western Central Pacific
Nassarius distortus	Necklace nassa	Western Central Pacific	3.5 ShH
Nassarius dorsatus	Unicolour dog whelk	Indo-West Pacific	4.5 ShH
Nassarius echinatus		Western Central Pacific
Nassarius ecstilbus		Western Central Pacific
Nassarius elegans		Western Central Pacific
Nassarius elegantissimus	Elegant nassa	Western Central Pacific
Nassarius euglyptus		Western Central Pacific
Nassarius excellens		Western Central Pacific	1.7 ShH
Nassarius eximius		Western Central Pacific
Nassarius fissilabris		Western Central Pacific
Nassarius fragum		Western Central Pacific
Nassarius fraudulentus		Central Pacific.
Nassarius fretorum		Western Central Pacific	1.2 ShH
Nassarius fuscolineatus		Western Central Pacific
Nassarius gaudiosus	Gaudy nassa	Pacific Ocean and Malaya.
Nassarius gerstenbrandti		Western Central Pacific
Nassarius glans	Glans nassa	Indo-Pacific.	5.5 SHL
Nassarius globosus	Globose nassa	Western Central Pacific
Nassarius graniferus	Granulated nassa	Central Pacific.
Nassarius gruneri		Western Central Pacific
Nassarius haldemanni		Central Pacific.
Nassarius hepaticus		Western Pacific
Nassarius hirasei		Western Central Pacific
Nassarius jacksonianus	Mud whelk	Western Central Pacific
Nassarius javanus		Western Central Pacific
Nassarius kiiensis		Western Central Pacific
Nassarius leptospirus		Western Central Pacific
Nassarius limnaeiformis		Western Central Pacific.	2.5 ShH
Nassarius livescens	Nassa mud shell	Indo-West Pacific. Tropi	2.5 ShH
Nassarius lochi		Western Central Pacific
Nassarius luridus	Nassarius sea snail	Western Central Pacific.
Nassarius macrocephala		Western Central Pacific
Nassarius mamillatus		Western Central Pacific
Nassarius marganitifer		Western Central Pacific
Nassarius margaritifer		Western Central Pacific
Nassarius margaritiferus	Margarite nassa	Western Central Pacific	3 ShH
Nassarius micans		Western Central Pacific
Nassarius moestus		Western Central Pacific
Nassarius multicostatus		Western Central Pacific
Nassarius multigranosus		Western Central Pacific
Nassarius multipunctatus		Western Central Pacific
Nassarius multivocus		Western Central Pacific
Nassarius nodiferus		Pacific Ocean.
Nassarius olivaceus	Olivaceous nassa	Western Central Pacific	4 ShH
Nassarius oneratus	Loaded nassa	Western Central Pacific
Nassarius ovoidea		Western Central Pacific
Nassarius papillosus	Pimpled basket shell	Indo-Pacific.
Nassarius politus		Western Central Pacific
Nassarius protrusidens		Central Pacific
Nassarius pseudoconcinnus		Western Central Pacific
Nassarius pullus	Black nassa	Northwest and Western Cen	2.5 ShH
Nassarius pulvinaris		Western Central Pacific
Nassarius pupinoides		Western Central Pacific
Nassarius quadrasi	Spiny dog whelk	Western Central Pacific
Nassarius reeveanus		Pacific Ocean
Nassarius samiae		Western Central Pacific
Nassarius scalaris		Pacific Ocean.
Nassarius semisulcatus		Western Central Pacific
Nassarius silvardi		Western Central Pacific
Nassarius sinusigerus		Western Central Pacific
Nassarius siquijorensis		Western Pacific.	3.5 ShH
Nassarius smithii		Western Central Pacific
Nassarius spiratus		Southwest Pacific
Nassarius splendidulus		Indo-Pacific.
Nassarius stolatus		Western Central Pacific
Nassarius subspinosus		Western Central Pacific	2 ShH
Nassarius subtranslucidus		Central Pacific
Nassarius sufflatus		Western Central Pacific
Nassarius thachi		Western Central Pacific
Nassarius troendleorum		Central Pacific
Nassarius velatus		Western Pacific	2 ShH
Nassarius venustus	Lovely nassa	Western Central Pacific.	2 ShH
Nassarius vitiensis		Western Central Pacific	3.5 ShH
Nassarius vittatus		Western Central Pacific
Recticunassa paupera		Central Pacific.

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