The size of the shell varies between 19 mm and 41 mm. The solid shell is deeply and widely umbilicate. It has a conical shape with an elevated
spire. Its color is dull purplish or brown, when worn often orange, obliquely streaked with white or unicolored. The seven
whorls are flattened, the upper ones finely spirally striate and sometimes very obsoletely plicate. The remainder is smooth, obliquely finely striate. The base of the shell is flattened, slightly convex, obliquely streaked, concave and white around the
umbilicus. The
body whorl is bluntly angled at the periphery. The
aperture is very oblique, smaller than usual in this genus. The thin
columella is obtusely dentate, ending above in a white callus which partly covers the umbilicus. There is no spiral ridge within the umbilicus. ==Distribution==