title: Nassarius consensus
text: # Nassarius consensus
  
  Nassarius consensus, common name the striate nassa, 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 8 mm and 15 mm.
  
  ## Distribution
  
  This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea and the Lesser Antilles; in the Atlantic Ocean off North Carolina and South Carolina, USA.
  
  