Shell solid, narrower above; spire enrolled with the shell and completely concealed under a heavy callus; aperture reaching the entire length of the shell, narrow above, somewhat widened below; outer lip thickened, smooth within and without, arched over the upper end of the shell, where it is slightly canaliculate; dorsal ridge high and strong, placed a little above the center, of the shell and running squarely across it; base somewhat canaliculate, the smooth, thick columella slightly truncated below. Color whitish, the sides and ends rich cream or buff color.
Length, 25; diameter, 14 mm.

Flamingo Tongue
Distribution: North Carolina; Florida, Texas; Cuba; Yucatan; Belize; Bermuda. Size: 38 mm
Description: Color orangish-white and polished with a white band on dorsal central area and on edge margin; shape pyriform, elongate, and cylindrical; sculpture smooth with a pronounced transverse ridge located almost centrally on dorsal surface of shell; aperture elongate and wide, as long as shell; aperture wider anteriorly; outer apertural lip curved and thickened; columella thick, somewhat straight and bowed at both ends; mantle of living snails with numerous irregular rings. Habitat: On gorgonian corals in relatively shallow water.
Remarks: First record for Texas. Found washed ashore south of Bob Hall Pier, Padre Island, and photographed at a depth of approximately 90 m (300 ft) at the FGB. Previously recorded depth range 0 to 29 m (95 ft). See Rehder (1981); Redfern (2001). Synonym: C allenae Cate, 1973.