title: Nassarius candens
text: # Nassarius candens
  
  Nassarius candens, common name the bright nassa, 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 12 mm and 21 mm
  
  ## Distribution
  
  This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean along the Marquesas Islands
  
  