The narrowly perforate shell has a conic-acute shape.

The embryonic whorls are smooth, buff, the remaining whitish-buff.

The whorls are ornamented with longitudinal wavy streaks of brown or rosy, and sometimes spiral zones.

They are spirally lirate with 7 lirae on the penultimate whorl, upper and lower ones most prominent, the intermediate 5 slightly granose.

The body whorl is angular, convex beneath and contains about 8 concentric lirae.