Aperture with 6 - 10 prominent teeth including at least 2 parietal, 2 columellar and 2 palatal. Mouth edge slightly thickened and reflected; the outer lip has a markred central indentation. Shell ovoid; dark chestnut-brown with a few feeble growth-lines.

Typically 1.8-2.0 mm in height. Whorls moderately tumid; mouth-edge slightly thickened and slightly indented, with no transverse rib behind the outer lip (cf. V.pygmaea); apertural teeth lamella-like, with very little callus around the bases; colour pale yellowish-brown; faint, regular sculpture, giving a characteristic silky lustre.

This is considered by some workers to be but a variety of C.

Solid shell up to 10cm from beak to margin. The shell is yellow, pale green or brown in colour sometimes with pink or purple markings. The upper valve is sculptured with concentric lines and grooves which are sometimes lifted into scales. Radiating ribs are also present.

Solid shell up to about 20cm in length. Dark blue or purple in colour bu this is generally obscured by dark brown periostracum. The inside of the shell is white. The surface is sculptured with fine concentric rings and ridges.

Large teardrop shaped shell up to 100mm. Spire blunt, 5-6 very rounded whorls. Shell white or cream, porcellaneous, nearly smooth. Periostracum thin, may be rubbed off. Mouth oval, no siphonal canal, thin nacreous callus extends over last whorl, outer lip flared widely in adults.

Fragile, plump, shell up to 3mm in length. It is white in colour both inside and out but the inside is pearly. The periositracum is pale green. The surface of the shell is sculptured with ribs and ridges.

Brittle shell up to about 8cm in length. Grey brown or pale brown in colour with darker radiating rays. The inside of the shell is pearly. The surface is sculptured with concentric scales which may be worn away to lines.

Conical shell up to 4mm in length. Tends to be relatively tall compared with similar species (up to 2.5mm in height). The outside is white or grey-brown in colour and the inside white and shiney. Surface sculptured with fine radial and concentric ridges. The animal does not possess eyes.

Brittle shell up to 1.5cm in length. The shell is coloured dirty white or cream obscured by brown periostracum. The inside of the the shell is white. The surface of the shell is sculptured with concentric lines.