The shell shows a dark vernicose
periostracum. There is no differentiated
siphonal canal,
anal sulcus or fasciole. The shell is axially ribbed. The
columella is thin and twisted. The axis is impervious. The outer
lip is simple, arcuate, thin, not internally lirate. The
operculum is like that of
Fusinus, but arcuate. The animal is blind, without
radula or poison gland. Type species:
Calliotectum vernicosum Dall, 1890. == Distribution ==