[2] The imperforate, heavy, solid, thick shell has a conoidal shape and is elevated.

The stripes occupy the interstices between close, narrow superficial folds of the surface, which may be well-marked, or obsolete, continuous or cut into granules by equally close spiral furrows, the latter sometimes predominating.

Its 5 to 6 whorls are convex and rough, and usually indented a short distance below the suture.

The place of the umbilicus is marked by a pit [2] The above description applies to the typical form.

Larger specimens of the species live in the southern portion of its range; it is often found alongside the less-common Black Tegula (T.