title: Nassarius capensis
text: # Nassarius capensis
  
  Nassarius capensis, common name the Cape dogwhelk, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.
  
  ## Description
  
  The length of the shell varies between 10 mm and 20 mm.
  
  ## Distribution
  
  This marine species occurs off the southern coast of South Africa, and in the Indian Ocean off Zanzibar and Réunion.
  
  