The number of whorls is 3 and a half, rapidly increasing, the last much larger, rounded at the periphery and beneath.

[3] The external soft parts are similar to those of Ariophanta, but larger, and not fully retractile within the shell.

The mucous pore is of moderate size, there is no distinct overhanging lobe or a small one.

The dorsal lobes are well developed, the left divided into an anterior and a posterior part by a deep sinus.

Kalc-sac small, receiving the vas deferens; retractor muscle attached to long straight caecum given off at the junction of the flagellum of the male organ.

[3] "The animal, as represented in a drawing for which I am indebted to Sir Walter Elliot, is greenish yellow, but according to Col. Beddome it is black.

[4] This species is reported to be submerged underwater for about 30 minutes while upper tentacles occasionally breaking the water surface[5] Colonel Richard Henry Beddome of the British Indian forest service found this snail feeding on large fungi.