Shell with the usual basal striation, but above the base the spirals when present are coarse, obsolete, sparse, and irregular. V. beringi is absolutely smooth, except at the canal. The axial waves (they can hardly be called ribs) of V. kobelti are feeble and irregular, the shell is relatively thin and light compared with V. beringi, and has much coarser incremental lines, more acute and rather higher spire, and a less effuse aperture. (Dall.)
TYPE in United States National Museum, No. 108990. Type locality, Pribilof Islands, Bering Sea.
RANGE. North end of Nunivak Island, Bering Sea, to Pribilof Islands.