The periphery of the body whorl is marked by a strong broad groove.

It has a broad, oval to moderately elongated, deep carapace with a shallow dorsal groove extending along the 2nd to 4th vertebrals.

A petronel bullet had glanced off my front plate, striking it at an angle, and had left a broad groove across it.

Medial to the anterior inferior spine is a broad, shallow groove, over which the Iliacus and Psoas major pass.

The nasal flaps reach the mouth, obscuring a pair of broad grooves connecting the excurrent openings and the mouth.

Medial to the anterior inferior iliac spine is a broad, shallow groove, over which the iliacus and psoas major muscles pass.

The large, circular nostrils are placed closed to the mouth, to which they are connected by a pair of broad grooves.

The elytra, each marked with three broad longitudinal grooves, are an iridescent gold-green colour, as are the head and thorax.

The upper surface was marked by "broad, shallow grooves" which formed two attached diamond-like shapes, with the larger one closer to the front.

The nostrils are located just ahead of the mouth, and are connected to it by a pair of broad grooves.