Shell: moderately small, solid, elliptical to sub-cylindrical, ranging from 24-39 mm.
Spire concealed. Sculpture: smooth, porcelaneous.
Exterior colour fawn to pale orange crossed by 3 darker bands, orange terminal spots at each end; irregular axial lines and flecks; base and margins white.
Specimens
Hutchinson, Australia Size: mm Collected: 1999 found dead in sand on reef in 15m of water
Flat Rock, Australia Size: mm Collected: 1998 found dead in sand in 12m of water.
Hoskyn Island, Australia Size: 29mm Collected: 1996 Live collected at low tide.
Dingo Beach, Australia Size: 37mm Collected: 1996 Live collected at low tide.
Green Island, Australia Size: 39.9mm Collected: Unknown Under coral rubble on reef 1-2 metres depth
forma: rumphii Schilder & Schilder, 1938 Scott Reef, Australia Size: 31.24mm Collected: Unknown Collected from coral and rubble at 10 m by scuba diver.
Montebello Islands, Australia Size: 28.65mm Collected: Unknown Collected from under coral slabs on intertidal reef by hand [low tide].
Uepi Is, Solomon Islands Size: 28.7mm Collected: 1998 Collected from coral reef in 1 meter of water. Also collected one dead specimen.
Uepi Point, Solomon Islands Size: mm Collected: 2000 found dead in sand on coral reef in 20 meter of water one shell has lost its lustre.
Charapoana Island, Solomon Islands Size: mm Collected: 2000 found dead in sand on coral reef in 20 meter of water one shell has lost its lustre.
Uepi Is - Inside Point, Solomon Islands Size: 24mm Collected: 2018 Under rock ledge on reef wall at 10m
forma: gilvella Lorenz, 2002 smaller with blunt extremities; ground colour is yellow and the dorsal streaks are reduced o r absent. Gizo, Solomon Islands Size: 25.83mm Collected: Unknown Collected from coral at 8-10 m by scuba diver.
Papua Mote, Cook Islands Size: 28.84mm Collected: 2002 Collected from under coral slabs at 1-2 m. Very uncommon in the Southern Cook Is.
Gabutu Beach, Papua New Guinea Size: mm Collected: 1984 found in sand near coral reef
Lautoka, Fiji Size: 28.59mm Collected: 1975 Brought from local market.coral
forma: rumphii Schilder & Schilder, 1938 Japan, Japan Size: 33.83mm Collected: Unknown No data
forma: gilvella Lorenz, 2002 smaller with blunt extremities; ground colour is yellow and the dorsal streaks are reduced o r absent. Pulau Yeben, Indonesia Size: 29.35mm Collected: Unknown Collected from coral rubble & sand on reef slope at 2-30 m by scuba diver. These specimens more elongate.
forma: erythraea Raybaudi, 1986 Red Sea. Oval, inflated; extremities calloused and rostrate; terminal blotches dark orange to red; dorsal streaks coarser and denser. Hurghada, Egypt Size: 3.179mm Collected: Unknown No data.
La Digue, Seychelles Size: 22mm Collected: Unknown No data
Gunners Quion Island, Mauritius Size: 23.99mm Collected: 1987 Collected from Coral and rubble at 20 m.
forma: erythraea Raybaudi, 1986 Red Sea. Oval, inflated; extremities calloused and rostrate; terminal blotches dark orange to red; dorsal streaks coarser and denser. Red Sea, Egypt Size: 58.05mm Collected: Unknown No data Rare location
Comoros Islands, Comoros Islands Size: 29.71mm Collected: 1973 No data
Pemba Island, Tanzania Size: 33.51mm Collected: Unknown Collected from amongst rubble on exposed reef at low tide. an inflated specimen,
forma: contraversa (J. E. Gray, 1824) Hawaii. Oval to cylindrical; aperture narrower with shorter labral teeth; terminal blotches with black centre or completely black; coarse dorsal streaks. Makaha, United States of America Size: 19.22mm Collected: Unknown Collected from under dead coral slabs at 30m by diver.
Blue Hole, Guam Size: 26.07mm Collected: Unknown Collected from under rubble on reef slope at 15m.
forma: gauguini Marquesas. Narrow, cylindrical. Less calloused. Aperture wider; dorsal streaks coarse and dense with streaks visible on the base. Taioha'e Bay, Marquesas Size: 21.02mm Collected: Unknown Collected from under rocks at 20-30m by diver.
Fa'aone, French Polynesia Size: 38.38mm Collected: Unknown Collected from live coral heads on inside lagoon at 3-5 m.
The Gneerings off Mooloolabah, Australia Size: mm Collected: 2000 Collected by diver. Courtesy S Grail.
