A gastropod with a flattened, oval based conical shell, with a small hole in the peak. Purplish bands radiate out from the hole in the shell, the shell is often encrusted with algae and barnacles. The animal itself has a brown and white flecked body, and a reddish head with two long antennae and a thick short trunk like mouth, the tips these are yellow or cream.

• Max Size: 7 cm
• Sea Temperature Range: 1.7-18.3°C
• Depth: 0-30m
• Habitat: Rocky Reef

• IUCN Threat Status: Not Evaluated
• Occurrence: Widespread (94% of sites)
  Occurrence describes how often the species is found on surveys within its distribution. It is calculated as the % of reef sites surveyed by RLS divers across all the ecoregions in which the species has been observed
• Abundance: Many (14 per transect)
  Abundance is calculated as the average number of individuals recorded per RLS transect, where present.