This one and one-quarter inch chiton has a medium wide girdle with sparse short recurved hairs. The mucro is median and raised. The central areas are longitudinally ribbed with finely pitted ribs seeming to radiate from the lateral line. The lateral area has finely pitted ribs appearing to curve back posteriorly. The color of this chiton is variable from slate gray to mottled grays, reds and greens. The girdle is cream colored.
Illustrated specimen from the Burghardt Collection