The height of the shell attains 9 mm, its diameter 4 mm. (Original description) The shell is turreted and show convex
whorls. The suture is straight and deep. The
aperture is obovate, prolonged into a very short
siphonal canal. The
body whorl is about as long as the spire. The whorls are rather flattened, deeply distantly spirally grooved, about eight on the body whorl. The outer
lip is thickened. The shell is reddish brown, sometimes variegated with white. ==Distribution==