The dorsal surface of the valves is mainly grayish to brownish green.

The valves are ribbed, dull grayish green or greenish brown, with a spicule-covered mantle girdle alternating zones of whitish, green or black.

It range spans in the Western Central Atlantic (USA, Colombia, Bermuda, Mexico, Venezuela and the West Indies).

[6][4] The West Indian green chiton is a nocturnal grazer which mainly feeds on algae growing on rocks at night.

It also has a "homing" behavior, which means after short feeding excursions, it returns to its original resting place.