Shell 4.9 to 7-9 mm. Spire and upper body whorl pink to light purple with brown mottling or flammules; scattered white beads in some specimens, particularly on subsutural cord; shell white anteriorly except for brown anterior terminal and brown blotch centered on outer lip extending dorsally about one quarter whorl. Pink color sometimes stronger on spire and upper columellar, but fades to white in old specimens. Protoconch of 3.0 to 3.2 glassy, yellow whorls. Teleoconch of 5.0 to 5.6 whorls. First spire whorl with 2 spiral cords, penultimate whorl with 4 to 5, other spire whorls with 3 to 4; body whorl with 14 to 19 spiral cords, more widely spaced anteriorly, giving the outer lip a scalloped appearance. Suture shallow, subsutural cord large cord, sometimes weakly split into two cords. Body whorl with 1 8 to 34 axial ribs. Except on first spire whorl, strong beads forms form at intersections of spiral and axial sculpture. Columella with 4 folds; outer lip with 7 to 10 denticles; aperture narrow and without lirations internally. Siphonal canal short.

Thala gorii is one of the most widespread species of Thala, but has been overlooked previously. We have seen specimens misidentified under half a dozen names in museum collections, most often as Thala exilis or T. jaculanda. Both of these species can have the brown dorsal blotch seen in T. gorii, which accounts for the confusion. Thala gorii is generally smaller than T. exilis and can be distinguished from it in having more prominently beaded sculpture, with less space between the beads and in having the intercostal microsculpture arrayed as axial ridges rather than scattered granules. It can be distinguished from T. jaculanda in having a stouter shell with lower spire, more prominently beaded sculpture, and fewer spiral cords, particularly on the spire whorls.

Type Locality: Off Shark Point, Villingili Island, North Male Atoll, Maldive Islands.
Range: Central Indian Ocean to central Pacific Ocean.