The size of the shell varies between 18 mm and 30 mm. The narrowly perforated shell has a conoidal shape. It is whitish-ashen, ornamented with undulating, oblique, radiating chestnut or blackish stripes. The
spire is acute. The shell contains 7
whorls. The first whorl is eroded, the remainder are angulated and nodulose above. Above the carina the shell is obliquely nodulose, below the carina spirally lirate with 4 lirae. The
body whorl is biangular, convex beneath, and has 7 concentric brown-spotted lirae. The
aperture is subquadrate. The white
columella is arcuate, sinuous, and below strongly truncate-dentate. ==Distribution==