Shell small, oblong, fusiform, rapidly tapering towards the base, spire moderately elevated, apex acute; whorls embryonal 2, brown, normal whorls 6, rounded, last one produced into a short, slightly recurved canal; longitudinally nodosely ribbed, 10 on the body whorl, crossed by smaller revolving ridges, 3 on the penultimate whorls, 10-11 on the body, interstices scabrous with close, elevated longitudinal striae; suture deeply impressed; aperture oblong, narrow, sides nearly parallel, half the length of the shell; posterior sinus large, rounded ; peristome trenchant, obsoletely crenulate, with 5 stout teeth on its inner edge; columella nearly vertical, smooth ; color cinereous, stained with luteous, nodules whitish and obsoletely lineated in the spiral grooves. Length 6 mm.