This species occurs from the Mediterranean Sea to the Orkney north of Scotland and Norway. It is more common in the north.
In the British Isles the shells are known as "cowries", except in Caithness, Orkney and Shet… Meer weergeven

This species usually lives below low tide, in other words is sublittoral, but the empty shells of this species are often washed up onto beaches. In its northern range is found at depths of 100 m and in it southern range at d… Meer weergeven

The shell is glossy and lemon-shaped, with 20-30 transverse ridges. The upper part of the shell is a uniform very pale brown in color; there are no pigment spots present on the shell, but sometimes there are dots on the … Meer weergeven