40mm. Moderately heavy, spire low and blunt; aperture large, semi¬lunar; last whorl slopes sharply below suture. Umbilical area almost or completely obscured by massive, tongue-like funicle. Fine, irregular growth lines; funicle has central groove. Bluish-white, grey or violet-brown (bleaches to violet-pink); apical whorls darker; paler and sometimes brown-streaked around umbilical area; funicle orange or dark brown; aperture shades of brown. Operculum chitinous. Habitat: in sand. Distribution: Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman (incl Masirah), Gulf of Aden.