Nuclear whorls with spiral cords; postnuclear turns with closely spaced axial ribs and deeply incised spiral lines, which cut the ribs so as to render the spaces between the spiral lines finely nodulose. The entire surface of spire and base therefore becomes granose. Columella somewhat twisted. Type: Granotoma krausei (Dall) = Bela krausei Dall.
This group extends from the Arctic Sea south over Alaska on the Ameri¬can side and to the Japan Sea along the Asiatic continent.