Fragile shell up to 1.5cm in length. It is translucent white both outside and inside. The surface of the shell is sculptured with fine concentric and radiating lines with small pits distributed over the surface.
Key identification features
- The hinge does not possess teeth
- Small pits over the shell surface
Ecology and behaviour
Lives around the burrows of the callianassids Lipogebia deltaura and L. stellata in muddy sand and gravel.