Deatils of South East Queensland Shells

Shell: medium, solid, elliptical to sub-cylindrical, ranging from 56-68 mm. Spire concealed. Teeth: 32 columellar teeth; 36 labral teeth. Sculpture: smooth, porcelaneous. Exterior colour yellow to fawn crossed by four darker transverse bands; base and margins black to dark brown; interstices between teeth are pale .

Specimens

Hutchinson, Australia
Size: 56.8mm Collected: 1999
found two specimens, one alive and one dead. dead: shell crushed in many fragments- eaten by something

Swains Reef, Australia
Size: 68.1mm Collected: Unknown
Collected by diver.

General Store, Solomon Islands
Size: 61.1mm Collected: 1999
Found dead in cave under the reef. Decomposing animal was still inside, must have been dead for a week or two. in 5m of water.