"My specimens have no white band across the abdominal segments, and the white markings on the legs are in stripes running lengthwise, but broken and somewhat wandering This form would seem to be the one to which Fabricius gave the name of ornatus (Ent. Syst. Suppl., p. 400, 1798)." (Borradaile, 1904)
"One dried shell from the beach and one very small individual taken alive on the reef at Minikoi. Common in the Maldives." (Borradaile, 1904)