Distribution: Tropical Eastern Pacific realm. Tropical East Pacific province. Nicoya ecoregion. Panama Bight ecoregion. Costa Rica to Panama.
Originally described from Cape of Good Hope, but this is certainly not a South African species.
"Shell cylindrically ovate; spire rather shortly conical, apex papillose; colour greyish, with zigzag dotted brown markings; suture canaliculate, edged with pencilled brown lines; aperture very pale purple, almost white.". Recent. Cape of Good Hope.
Holotype MCM (illustrated by Tursch & Greifeneder, 2001: Pl. T-1 fig. 9).
"Oblongo-ovata, albido-rubescens, lineis longitudinalibus rufo-fuscis undulatis picta et ad suturam fasciculata; spira rnucronata, balteo angusto subcarinato, fusco flammulato; columella omnino plicata, plicis numerosis acutis, callo antico late quadriplicato, plicis acutis tinctis; labio crasso, intus abraso. The rounded form, numerous plaits, short spire, and different markings, all serve to distinguish this from O. polpasta.". Recent. Cape of Good Hope.
