(Described as Cancellaria (Merica) nassoides) The dull brown, elongately-ovate shell is imperforate.

The lirae are crossed by more remote rounded ribs, having sometimes the appearance of varices, numbering seventeen on the body whorl, the lirae forming small nodules where they cross the ribs.

Additionally the shell is covered with fine striae, crossing the lirae, lending them a subtle crenulated appearance.

The outer lip is regularly arched, hosting seven short lirae spaced at a distance from the margin.

The columellar margin is adorned with a thin, yellowish-white layer of enamel, which does not obscure the shell's sculpture.