Their surface is ornamented with eleven or twelve distant, prominent, rounded, longitudinal folds, intersected transversely by fine compact striae.

The violet gray aperture is ovate and slightly oblique.

The outer lip is furnished interiorly with numerous striae which are continued even to the depth of the cavity.

The columella is smooth and whitish, with a pretty prominent fold at the base.

[2] This marine species occurs off the Philippines, Oceania, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, New Caledonia and Australia (New South Wales, Queensland and Western Australia)