Nassarius dorsatus

The ovate, conical shell is smooth andof a uniform ashy white color.

The upper ones are slightly plaited, the lowest pretty large, marked with more or less straight, longitudinal lines, approximate, and of a color a little deeper and reddish.

The left lip is thick, and partially covering the columella, which is adorned with guttules one half of its length.

At the base of the columella is found a very prominent fold, terminated by a guttule formed like a flattened point.

[3] This marine species occurs in the tropical Western Pacific, off East India, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea and Australia (New South Wales, the Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia)