 The surface of the shell is finely spirally striate, the striae about 8 on the body whorl, with a couple of stronger ribs at the periphery, which are visible above the suture on the spire whorls.The short spire is conic, acute, with its lateral outlines rectilinear.The 7–8 whorls are flat, the last one acutely carinated, and flat beneath.