Platycythara curta

(Original description) The small, short, solid, inflated shell has a brownish color,.

The axial sculpture consists of (on the penultimate whorl about 15) narrow, sharp, similar riblets with wider interspace.

The spiral sculpture consists of (on the body whorl about 16) even regular similar threads with subequal interspaces which pass over but do not nodulate the ribs.

The outer lip is thickened, crenulate by the sculpture and not reflected.

The columella shows a layer of enamel with a raised edge.