The length of the shell varies between 5 mm and 10 mm. The elongated, fusiform shell has a pointed
spire. The shell contains 7 convex
whorls, of which two smooth whorls in the
protoconch. They show many pronounced axial ribs and smaller decurrent, lamellar threads forming a reticulation with nodules. The suture is impressed. The
body whorl measures more than half the length of the shell. The
aperture is suboval. The
columella is straight. The
siphonal canal is wide and open. The outer
lip is rounded and somewhat thickened and denticled inside. The sutural sinus is narrow and well-marked. The ground color of the shell is yellow on which the reticulation comes off in white. ==Distribution==