The very solid, imperforate shell has an ovate shape.Its color pattern is deep dull purplish or bluish black.

The 5-6 whorls are somewhat flattened below the sutures, with a superficial spiral line, and marked with light incremental striae.

The large apertureis very oblique, ovate, silvery inside and rounded below.

The white columella is wide and beas on its face a longitudinal rib which rises in the region of the umbilicus.

The oval operculum is concave within, buff, with 2-3 very rapidly increasing whorls.