 The operculum is short-oval, brown within, with four whorls, the nucleus situated one-third the distance across the face.Outsideit is bright orange, polished, with a spiral callous ridge.This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Portugal, Western Sahara, the Canary Islands, Cape Verdes, Madeira, the Azores; in the Mediterranean Sea (off Greece and the north of Catalonia)