This bubble snail's distribution is circumglobal in tropical waters – the Red Sea, South Africa, West Africa, Arabian Sea, the Maldives, the Philippines to Hawaii, Australia, New Zealand, Canary Islands, Brazil,[1] and the Lusitanic area (Europe).

This species lives in shallow water, crawling and burrowing into the sand.

It feeds on polychaete worms of the family Cirratulidae, mussels and slugs.

The large foot has lateral parapodia (fleshy winglike flaps).

The egg mass is gathered on the mantle before being attached to the sand by a mucous thread.