A tiny whelk (up to 12.5mm). Exterior fawn or brown, with a dark brown band at the base of the body whorl.

On sand and mud flats, in lagoons and estuaries, from intertidal down to 100 m. Endemic to Australia; Townsville, Qld, to Fremantle, WA, including Tas. Introduced to the North Island, recently discovered around Waitemata Harbour, Auckland..

A predator on bivalves.

http://seashellsofnsw.org.au/Nassariidae/Pages/Nassarius_burchardi.htm accessed 17/02/14 http://www.mollusca.co.nz/speciesdetail.php?speciesid=2798&species=Nassarius%20%28Plicarcularia%29%20burchardi accessed 17/02/14 http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00288330.2010.511676 accessed 17/02/14