title: Nassarius wolffi
text: # Nassarius wolffi
  
  Nassarius wolffi, common name the Torben Wolff nassa, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks. It is named after the Danish marine biologist Torben Wolff.
  
  ## Description
  
  The length of the shell varies between 25 mm and 45 mm.
  
  ## Distribution
  
  This species occurs in the Western Mediterranean Sea and in the Atlantic Ocean off the Cape Verde Islands and Angola. Also found in Namibia.
  
  