Shell: small to moderately small, ranging from 10-25 mm.
Teeth: 12 to 15 columellar teeth; 12 to 14 labral teeth.
Specimens
Subspecies: Melicerona listeri melvilli  (Hidalgo, 1906) Sth QLD to Nth NSW. Broader; columellar smooth; banding darker and more distinct; marginal spots more numerous and often confluent. Dicky Beach, Australia Size: 25mm Collected: Unknown No data.
Tryon Island, Australia Size: 20mm Collected: 1990 No data.
Lamont Reef, Australia Size: 24.5mm Collected: 2019 Under rocks on weather edge of reef. At low tide.
Sykes Reef, Australia Size: 19mm Collected: 2019 On intertidal reef under dead coral slab.
Subspecies: Melicerona listeri melvilli  (Hidalgo, 1906) Sth QLD to Nth NSW. Broader; columellar smooth; banding darker and more distinct; marginal spots more numerous and often confluent. Fish Rock Cave, Australia Size: mm Collected: 1999 found dead in 15m of water on rocky reef
Subspecies: Melicerona listeri melvilli  (Hidalgo, 1906) Sth QLD to Nth NSW. Broader; columellar smooth; banding darker and more distinct; marginal spots more numerous and often confluent. Minnie Waters, Sth Headland, Australia Size: mm Collected: 1989 found 10m from shore in the early morning on rocky reef
Subspecies: Melicerona listeri melvilli  (Hidalgo, 1906) Sth QLD to Nth NSW. Broader; columellar smooth; banding darker and more distinct; marginal spots more numerous and often confluent. Minnie Waters, Sth Headland, Australia Size: mm Collected: 1989 found at 2am feeding on algae
Subspecies: Melicerona listeri melvilli  (Hidalgo, 1906) Sth QLD to Nth NSW. Broader; columellar smooth; banding darker and more distinct; marginal spots more numerous and often confluent. Wooli, Australia Size: mm Collected: 1989 found on rocky reef at low tide
Port Vila, Vanuatu Size: 10mm Collected: Unknown Purchased at local markets.