The grayish white shell is elongated, turreted, brilliant and pointed at its summit.

It is slightly widened at its base nebulously longitudinally strigate with pale orange-chestnut, frequently breaking up into revolving series of dots.

The spire is formed of fifteen or sixteen slightly convex, distinct whorls.

Some specimens are of a still redder color, and the points upon the shell are then more numerous, and of a deeper tint.

This marine species occurs in the Red Sea, off New Zealand and in the following locations of the Indian Ocean :[1]