The size of an adult shell varies between 10 mm and 18 mm. (Original description) The shell resembles
Fenimorea fucata, but is much more slender, the fasciole less impressed. The spiral
sculpture consists of fine engraved lines and the
aperture is smaller and much more narrow. The
protoconch is glassy, rounded and two-whorled. The shell contains eight or nine strongly ribbed
whorls. The spiral sculpture, sometimes obsolete near the suture, consists of extremely fine, wavy, close-set, incised lines. The transverse sculpture consists of (on the penultimate whorl 9 to 11) nearly straight stout ribs extending from the suture over the periphery and lost on the base. The fasciole is not well marked;. The suture is distinct, somewhat appressed, undulated by passing over the ribs. The surface of the shell is more or less lustrous. Its color is white, spirally banded with rich yellow brown, sometimes on the periphery, sometimes on the base, etc., but the fasciole is usually white and the ribs are apt to show white, wholly or in part on the yellow, when present. The
aperture is short, narrow, with hardly any
siphonal canal. The
anal sulcus is large and deeper than wide. The outer
lip is thin and not internally lirate. The throat is white. The inner lip is a little callous. The short
columella is simple. The siphonal canal is very short and not differentiated from the aperture. The
varix is stout and prominent. (described as
Drillia pagodula) ==Distribution==