Shell: moderately small to medium, solid, elliptical to sub-pyriform, ranging from 24-43 mm.
Spire concealed. Teeth: 19 to 25 columellar teeth; 20 to 27 labral teeth.
Sculpture: smooth, porcelaneous.
Exterior colour fawn to pale orange crossed by four darker radial bands; base pale fawn; margins mottled; teeth stained with purple.
Specimens
Myora light, Australia Size: 29.56mm Collected: 1996 Under dead coral slabs.
Myora light, Australia Size: 34.89mm Collected: 1997 On intertidal reef under coral rubble.
Myora light, Australia Size: 41.68mm Collected: 1989 under coral slabs in 50cm of water sand and mud bottom with coral rubble 0.4m tide
Alexandra Headland, Australia Size: 43.11mm Collected: 1996 Dead collected.
Middle Reef, Australia Size: 37.46mm Collected: 1999 found dead in sand at 26m the large one with hermit crab it it
Lamont Reef, Australia Size: 34.53mm Collected: 2019 Under rocks on weather edge of reef. At low tide.
Sykes Reef, Australia Size: 37.81mm Collected: 2019 Under coral rock on weather edge of reef at low tide.
Dingo Beach, Australia Size: 37.53mm Collected: 1996 Dead collected.
Gould Reef, Australia Size: 24.27mm Collected: Unknown Under coral slabs on intertidal reef.
Julian Rocks, Australia Size: mm Collected: 2003 found in 10m of water on rocky reef- dead shell
Julian Rocks, Australia Size: 31.94mm Collected: 2003 found in 10m of water on rocky reef- dead shell
Hot Spot, Solomon Islands Size: 26.95mm Collected: 1998 found dead in 10m of water see dive log #27
Yellow Corner, Solomon Islands Size: 29.04mm Collected: 2000 found dead in 10m of water on coral reef
Toa Maru, Solomon Islands Size: mm Collected: 2000 found dead in 39m of water
General Store, Solomon Islands Size: 33.98mm Collected: 2000 found dead in 10m of water
Uepi Is - Billy's point, Solomon Islands Size: 31.48mm Collected: 2002 found dead in 15m of water
Ela Beach, Papua New Guinea Size: 31.85mm Collected: 1984 in 1m of water on coral reef about 4m from shore at low tidefound under a croaline rock on reef
Pacific Gas Wreck , Papua New Guinea Size: 27.09mm Collected: 2001 found dead in sand on coral reef in 10m of water
Naru Gap, Solomon Islands Size: 33.63mm Collected: 2001 found dead in 10m of water on coral reef
Tanjung Tai, Indonesia Size: 29.63mm Collected: 2003 Collected from coral and rubble slope at 5-15m by diver.
forma: sowerbyi Anton, 1838
Tanzania [unspecified], Tanzania Size: 43.69mm Collected: 1985 swapped
Troux-au-Biches, Mauritius Size: 26.69mm Collected: Unknown Collected from under coral slabs on clean sand near rocks at 12-15m.
forma: crassa (Gmelin, 1791) Red Sea.Pyriform, extremities slightly produced. Margins rounded, separated from the dorsum by a white or blue violet frame. Djibouti, Djibouti Size: 33.96mm Collected: Unknown Collected from under dead coral rubble at extreme low tide.
