[3] The shell is oval, depressed, light green with a yellowish hue, smooth and shiny.

The shell often has interrupted fine bands or lines in white and/or purple.

The columellar region of the shell is greenish white, broad, convex, margin curved and with fine teeth.

[4] The visible soft parts of the animal are the same shade of green as the shell.

In the Mediterranean the species has been recorded feeding on Posidonia oceanica, Zostera marina and Cymodocea nodosa[5][6] whereas in the Caribbean it consumes Thalassia testudinum, Halodule wrightii and Syringodium filiforme.