It shows nine or ten longitudinal folds, more strongly marked upon the body whorl, rarely prolonged as far as the base, and regularly divided into tubercles by more prominent transverse striae, the interstices of which are furnished with other much finer and very approximate striae.

The aperture is white, ovate, narrowed at its base, canaliculated at its upper part, at its union with the outer lip which is thin and denticulated at the edge, striated within.

Externally, in adult shells, a pretty prominent varix is observed.

The columella is slightly bent, furnished throughout its whole length with small nodules.

[3] This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea: off the Lesser Antilles and off Puerto Rico; in the Atlantic Ocean from North Carolina to Southern Brazil.