(Pennant, 1777)
Description (shell):
Shell pyramidal, flat-sided, apex pointed; taller than broad. It may be distinguished from Jujubinus striatus by more nodular ornamentation to the spiral ridges, which are fewer in number (4-5 compared with 8-9) on the upper part of the body whorl.
Size:
Up to 8 x 7 mm.
Colour:
Varies: background may be pale brown, reddish or greenish; white areas may occur on spiral ridges and nearly always there are blotches of carmine, which often form alternating red and white stripes on the whole shell.
Animal:
Much as in other Gibbula species. Lacks mid-ventral fold on snout; margins of cephalic lappets are lobed. The three pairs of epipodial tentacles have each a basal sense organ. Snout and sides of foot are brown, its sole cream, like neck lobes and cephalic lappets.
Habitat and Distribution:
Has similar distribution and habitat as Jujubinus striatus but is less common.