[2] The shell surface is yellow or color cream with dense, small, red-brown dots.

The mantle and the foot of this mollusk are brownish dotted with bright spots.

[3] This quite common species can be found in the Mediterranean sea and in North Western Africa.

[2] It lives mostly on sandy and muddy seabeds but it can also be found on rocky bottoms.

[3] Fossils of this species can be found in sediment of Italy and Greece from Pleistocene to recent.