(Original description) The small shell is rather solid and acutely ovate.

The shell contains six to seven whorls, moderately convex, with inconspicuous revolving grooves.

The upper whorls are delicately sculptured with close-set rounded longitudinal ribs.

The columella shows a single rather prominent plait or tubercle just below the middle.

The surface is colored by five to six brownish-red bands, alternating with as many white.