Nassa (gastropod)

Nassa
a live Nassa francolina
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Rapaninae
Genus: Nassa
Röding, 1798
Type species
Nassa picta
Röding, 1798
Synonyms
  • Iopas Adams, 1853
  • Jopas (incorrect subsequent spelling)

Nassa is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Rapaninae of the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.