Distribution: Western Indo-Pacific realm. Red Sea and Gulf of Aden province (Israel,, Ethiopia, Eritrea). Western Indian Ocean province (Madagascar). Israel, Eritrea, Gulf of Aden.
RV 0642. Eritrea, Massawa. Scale bar is 1 cm.
RV 0340a. Madagascar, Toliara, from local fishermen, 2006. Scale bar is 1 cm.
"A. ovata, ventricosa, aurantio-fulva; varice columellar ialbo, laeviuscido. Cette espèce est plus ventrue, et par conséquent moins cylindracée, partout d'un orangé fauve, et a les sutures de ses tours de spire fondues et indistinctes. Son bourrelet columellaire est épais, blanc, presque lisse. La longueur de cette coquille est aussi de 23 à 24 millimètres.". Recent. No locality given.
"Shell ovate-ventricose, whitish, variegated by chestnut bands; base a single belt; outerlip smooth, varix of the pillar bistriated. Size of the last; but is much more ventricose, and the pillar more distinctly striated. The ground-colour of the shell is whitish, delicately banded by different shades of pale chestnut or cinnamon which are sometimes interrupted, longitudinally, by others nearly white.". Recent. East Indies.
"Shell ovate, fulvous ; base with a single belt, outer lip smooth; varix of the pillar with two striae. Size of variegata; but is much less ventricose, and the base more oblique; its form is oval, and more swelled than any of the preceding species; its spire also is more produced and pointed, and is half the length of the aperture; the varix is small, white, and has only two grooves or striae, the lower of which is very faint; the base has only a single belt, and the margin of the outer lip is quite smooth. The whole shell is either of a uniform orange yellow, or cinnamon colour, with the point of the spire white.". Recent. No locality given.
