The coloration consists of rather broad longitudinal stripes of dark olive-green or red, alternating with stripes of bright pink, bordered with lines of delicate green, and frequently veined with the same tint The stripes are continuous from suture to base, or are displaced or interrupted at the periphery These axial zigzag markings on a dark or pale brown background are characteristic.

The base of the shell is rather flattened, radiately striped with red and white, and not eroded.

The outer lip is acute, edged with alternate green and white, and smooth within.

It is wide, covering the place of the umbilicus with an ivory-white pad, which is closely appressecl to the body whorl.

This species occurs in the Southern Indian Ocean off Mozambique and South Africa.