Up to about 13cm in length. White or fawn in colour with light yellow or light green periostracum. Shell sculptured with fine concentric lines.
Key identification features
- Elongate shell; almost cylindrical in outline
Similar species
- Phaxas pellucidus has one very straight and one curved side
Ecology and behaviour
Lives in clean sand.
Distribution and status
Distributed from the south of the UK to the Iberian Peninsula and into the Mediterranean.