This species differs from coreanica in having a relatively taller and narrower spire, no tubercles on the periphery and a surface cover of fine incised spiral lines. Colour two banded in dark reddish-brown, one band occupying the whole of the shoulder slope, peripheral carina white, followed by the second band which occupies the upper base, neck and anterior canal yellowish-brown.

Recent, Japan to South China Sea, 57-208 fathoms; Pliocene, Japan and Miocene, Okinawa.