Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Manual of Conchology; Structural and Systematic, Vol. 8: With Illustrations of the Species
Imperforate, ovate-conoid, solid. Ground color reddish-brown, becoming light on the spire; covered with a white or cream-white hydrophanous cuticle which would be uniform except that it is usually much worn into oblique streaks, often having some spirals near the periphery. Aperture as long as the spire.
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