These shells are thin but solid, swollen, elongate-ovate and roughly trapeziform.

Hind margin is convex and hinge-line is approximately one half the total length.

Outer surface of the shell shows many concentric growth striae.

The basic color of the external surface is yellowish brown, while the interior varies from pearly white to purplish red.

[2][3][4] Right and left valve of the same specimen: This species is present in the Red Sea, Madagascar and Indo-Pacific, from eastern Africa, to eastern Indonesia; north to Japan and south to Queensland and Western Australia.