[2] (Original description) The shell is broadly fusiform and broadest about the middle The aperture is equal in length to the spire.

The body whorl shows low axial ridges, sinuous near the suture and becoming obsolete at the periphery, the whole overridden by close regular spiral threads.

Colour : Dark buff, a faint purple spiral band on the lower edge of the spire whorls.

– The colour varies from white to buff, most shells being ornamented with a few irregular brown marks.

[3] This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off the Kermadec Islands in gravel at depths between 31 m and 47 m.[4]