Distribution: This species has been reported from Florida, and from the Bahamas to Brazil. Depth: 0-6 m Characteristics: This species has a body length of 2 to 4 inches. It has a very fat shape and looks rather fragile. We can distinguish some swollen umbones, pinkish or purple. The color of the shell is chestnut-brown at the anterior end, with a white oblique streak in the middle, and rose purple-rayed and brownish at the posterior end. Periostracal hairs stringlike and smooth. The interior of shell pearly-whitish, usually rose-tinted, rarely purplish.