title: Nassarius niveus
text: # Nassarius niveus
  
  Nassarius niveus, common name the lattice dogwhelk, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.
  
  ## Description
  
  The shell size varies between 15 mm and 25 mm
  
  ## Distribution
  
  This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Angola, Namibia and the west coast of South Africa
  
  