Nassarius kraussianus

Nassarius kraussianus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Nassariidae
Subfamily:	Nassariinae
Genus:	Nassarius
Species:	N. kraussianus
Binomial name
*Nassarius kraussianus* (Dunker, 1846)
Synonyms
Alectrion kraussiana Dunker, 1846 Buccinum (Nassa) kraussianum Dunker, 1846 Buccinum kraussianum Dunker, 1846 (original combination) Nassa (Eione) orbiculata A. Adams, 1852 Nassa kraussiana (Dunker, 1846)

Nassarius kraussianus, common name the tick shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.

The size of the shell varies from 6 mm to 10 mm

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Mozambique, South Africa and Réunion and in the Atlantic Ocean off Namibia.