Shell elongate-conic, light chestnut brown, with the early whorls wax-yellow. (Nuclear whorls decollated, the last one only remaining, which is smooth.) Postnuclear whorls almost flattened, marked with three strong spiral cords of which the first is at the summit, while the third is about as far above the suture as it is separated from the median. The latter is about halfway between the first and third. The spaces between the spiral cords are about as wide as the cords. In addition to the spiral sculpture, the whorls are marked by axial ribs which are almost as strong as the spiral cords. Of these ribs, 18 occur upon the first to fifth, 20 upon the sixth, 22 upon the seventh, 24 upon the eighth and the penultimate turn. The junction of the axial ribs and the spiral cords form prominent tubercles which are truncated posteriorly and slope gently anteriorly. The spaces inclosed between the axial ribs and spiral cords are well rounded, strongly impressed pits. Sutures strongly impressed. Periphery of the last whorl marked by a strong spiral cord, which is separated from the first supraperipheral cord by a groove about as wide as those separating the cords on the spire, and, like these, is crossed by the continuations of the axial ribs, which terminate at the posterior border of the peripheral cord. Base moderately long, somewhat irregular, the peripheral cord extending over one-third of the base, while a strong spiral cord encircles the columella at its insertion, the space between this and the peripheral cord being a very deeply impressed, broad, spiral groove. Anterior to the cord marking the insertion of the columella, there is another deeply incised, broad, spiral groove. Aperture irregular, decidedly channeled anteriorly; posterior angle channeled; outer lip irregular, sinuous; columella strong, curved and reflected over and appressed to the base; parietal wall covered by a thick callus which connects the columella with the posterior angle of the aperture.