The spire is high with convex ( outward) whorls and indented suture.

The aperture is wide, somewhat flaring and tapering to a short siphonal canal.

The inner lip lacks pleats, but shows a thin, smooth callus glaze.

[2] The shell is pale buff to light orange-brown, covered by a thin, matte olive-brown periostracum.

Some specimens display faint, diffuse paler spiral bands.