Nassarius idyllius (Melvill & Standen 1901)

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

Description

The shell grows to a length of 5 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the Indo-West Pacific

References

• Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp
• Cernohorsky W.O. (1981). Revision of the Australian and New Zealand Tertiary and Recent species of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum 18:137–192.
• Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1–356.