The length of the shell attains 45 mm. (Original description in Latin of
Tudicla recurva) The shell is fusiform and tawny, adorned with transverse threads and rufescent tones. It features an acuminate
spire and a mamillate
protoconch. The
whorls are transversely grooved and excavated above, with a single series of nodules in the middle. The oval
aperture is violaceous inside, with a calloused
columella that is anteriorly lined with oblique plicae. It has a long, very recurved
siphonal canal and a sharp outer
lip with a sinuous margin. The interior of the outer lip is lirated. In this species the whorls are encircled with a series of nodules. The columella is smooth and callous, the siphonal canal strongly recurved, and the interior of the aperture is of a delicate violet colour. ==Distribution==