-82m (-45fms), Trawled, Mossel Bay, South Africa, 35.23mm.
This is an interesting nassa snail endemic to South Africa. It is highly variable in pattern and colouration, live specimens are covered by a thick brown periostracum. It is a comm.on scavenging gastropod found on sandy to muddy bottoms of shallow water around -10-100m deep. Typical shell length around 25-30mm., very large specimens may exceed 35mm. The protoconch is often lacking in adults, the large specimen shown is superb in retaining it.