Neat Nassa

Nassarius concinnus

• Group: Other
• For divers: safe

This small nassa snail scavenges and forages across muddy and silty bottoms, smelling out carrion and dead animals from a distance. Like most of its family it is an omnivore that helps clear the seafloor of waste.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Neogastropoda › Nassariidae › Nassarius

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 215753.