This one inch, oblong, chiton has a moderately raised dorsal. The color of the valves is variable, whitish, salmon red, ashy, often marked with lilac and brown. Valve surface micro granulose. The lateral areas have 4-6 ill defined, irregular, concentric corrugations. The central areas are smooth. The girdle is narrow, colored like valves and covered with very small, transparent, rounded scales.
Illustrated specimen from the Burghardt Collection