It's without doubt Nassaria (Nassaria) pusilla (Roeding, 1798) see
Cernohorsky, W.O., 1981.The Family Buccinidae Part 1: The genera Nassaria,
Trajana amd Neoteron. Monographs of Marine Mollusca, 2: 1-52.
The species is treated on pp. 11-14 and its range reaches from the Persian
Gulf to the Bay of Bengal, Indonesia and the China Sea.
This identification has been sent to Patty Janssen already some 2-3 weeks
ago.

Henk K. Mienis

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> I believe the Nassaria on Patty's page is Nassaria pusilla (Roding,
> 1798).  The pictures in the Compendium are rather confusing. The shell
> shown as N. pusilla does not appear to be this species, in my opinion.
> Anyone else have input on this?
>
> Regards,
> Paul M.
>