Shell to 25.0 mm in length, fusiform-elongate and distinctly constricted basally, teleoconch of 6-8 almost flat-sided whorls, protoconch of 3-3.2 conical, glassy-white embryonic whorls; post-embryonic whorls with 3-4 spiral cords, fourth or fifth cord present on subsequent whorls, body whorl with 12-15 spiral cords and 5-6 close-set, oblique cords on the siphonal fasciole. Sutures occasionally narrowly sub-canaliculate and sometimes wavy cords at suture doubled; axial sculpture consists of prominent slender axial lirae in interspaces of spiral cords, axials either short and not quite reaching the summits, or with overriding cords giving the shell a clathrate appearance and occasionally producing pits in interspaces. Aperture very narrow, shorter than the spire, constricted basally and smooth within, columella narrowly calloused and with 4-5 folds, siphonal canal produced and sometimes slightly recurved to the left. White, cream or fawn in color, occasionally with orange-brown flames.

Range - From the Gulf of Oman to China and N. Australia. In mud and sand, 13-85 m.