Shell medium size, elongate-ovate, dextral or sinistral, yellow with bands of brown. The suture of the first 2 whorls is bordered by a narrow black zone.

The brown markings consist of rather irregularly place longitudinal band which extend only over the anterior two-thirds of the whorl between the suture of the first two and a half whorls. On the last turn, the brown bands are irregular in width and assume a decidedly zigzag form but not a regular definite pattern.

The whorls are evenly rounded, separated by a moderately constricted suture and are marked by exceedingly fine lines of growth.

Aperture moderately large, outer lip thickened and reflected, inner lip somewhat curved, strong and slightly twisted reflected over the narrow umbilicus. parietal wall covered with a moderately thick callus. Inside of shell, lip and callus white.

“The Philippine land shells of the genus Amphidromus. United States National Museum Bulletin. 100(1): 1-47, 22 “