The elongate shell size varies between 13 mm and 19 mm. The shell is ashy olivaceous, covered with a shiny very thin epidermis, and is claret-brown within the
aperture. The whitish
apex is small and rather blunt. There are eight, moderately convex, smooth
whorls with eleven short, somewhat oblique, slightly curved, strong axial ribs, more prominent on the periphery and fading away towards the sutures and not distinctly differentiated from the interspaces. They are somewhat irregularly waved and concave anteriorly. The shell shows an evanescent spiral strife, not always visible, and eight or ten spiral raised threads on the anterior third of the
body whorl. The body whorl is otherwise smooth. The notch is deep, rounded and leaving no fasciole. The short siphonal canal is straight. The sutures are distinct and slightly appressed. The wide, oval
aperture is short and is internally claret brown. The inner
lip shows a slight callus. The outer lip is much curved forward, polished and smooth within. ==Distribution==