[2] The specific name was originally introduced in the binomen Buccinum grana, translated in French as "buccin graine".

It is surrounded with interrupted, small, brown lines, more approximate towards the middle of the lowest whorl, and of a deeper color at the base.

It is composed of seven slightly convex whorls, surrounded at their upper part by a white band, sprinkled with distant, brown points or spots.

The internal edge of the outer lip is crenulated, the external part forming a smooth, thick callus, of a dull white, which is continued upon the base of the shell even to the columella, which is arcuated and folded at its base.

[3] This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea and in the Atlantic Ocean off Senegal.