Length 17 mm, height 15 mm, breadth 10 mm. (Grown specimen attains 40 mm long). Shell rather thin, veneroid. Beaks subcentral, prosocline. Anterior margin slightly angulated but continuous to gently curved ventral and posterior margins. Lunule distinct. Escutcheon narrow with external ligament. Surface smooth, with weak growth lines. Color white, with broad brownish radiating bands which occasionally interrupted. Interior pale purplish. Left anterior lateral tooth large, cardinal tooth bifurcated. Right posterior lateral distinct. Ventral margin smooth. Pallial sinus deep.
Distribution:
North Carolina, Florida, West Indies, Bermuda to Brazil. Sublittoral.