Testa fusiformi-turrita, canali breviusculo, vix recurve, spirae suturis impressis, anfractibus rotundatis, spiraliter costatis, subfuniculatis, versus aperturam sulco superficiario obsolete divisis, interstitilis excavatis, apertura, ovato, labro perculiariter effuso; fulvo-fusca, costis subnitentibus, columella roseo pallide tincta. (Reeve.)
Shell fusiform-turreted, canal rather short, scarcely excurved, sutures of spire impressed, whorls rounded, spirally costate, subfuniculate, toward the aperture divided obsoletely by a superficial sulcus; interstices excavate, aperture ovate, with peculiarly effuse lip; yellowish-gray, with ribs somewhat spiny, columella palely tinted with rose. (Translation.)
TYPE in British Museum. Type locality, Spitzbergen.
RANGE. Arctic Ocean to Straits of Juan de Fuca; also Japan; circumboreal.