The height of the shell varies between . The thin, light and acutely conical shell is imperforate. It is corneous or flesh-colored, more rarely rich orange, unicolored or sparsely articulated on the basal rilblets with rich brown, and frequently with rather obscure clouded niaculations of pale brown above. The surface is shining, closely sculptured by numerous narrow threads or riblets, which on the
spire are contiguous, finely, regularly beaded. They become more separated on the
body whorl. The interstices are obliquely striate. The spiral riblets are either granulate or nearly smooth. The base of the shell shows numerous concentric lirulae that are granose or nearly smooth. Their interstices are radiately striate. The elevated
spire is slender, its outlines concave. The
apex is minute. The apical
whorl is smooth and rounded. The
suture is linear. Its position is marked by a slightly prominent double granose cingulus above it. There are about eight, flat whorls. The last one is strongly angular at the periphery and convex beneath. The
aperture is subquadrate and finely sulcate inside. The subvertical
columella is arcuate and cylindrical. ==Distribution==