Shell of medium size, fragile, elongately fusiform, with a long canal. Spire a little more than half the height of the aperture plus canal. Whorls angulated above the middle, shoulder gently concave, body whorl tapering very gradually into an elongate canal. Protoconch of one whorl, globose, asymmetrical, sculptured with microscopic, rather indistinct spirals. Whorls 6,5, including protoconch. Sculpture of axials crossed by spirals. The axials are broad, rounded folds extending from suture to suture on the spirewhorls but tending to become obsolete near the upper suture. On the body whorl they are restricted to a narrow band about the angulation, extending well up the shoulder but not reaching the level of the posterior end of the aperture. Some 13 axials on the penultimate, 15 on the body whorl. Shell surface ornamented with numerous narrow, incised spirals, leaving low rounded cords between. These cross the axials and extend right across the neck on the body whorl. On the penultimate there are some 8 spirals above the shoulder and 10 below, with 8 on the shoulder of the body whorl and some 45 across the rest of the whorl, base and neck of the canal. Spirals on the shoulder much finer than those on the body of the whorls. In addition, there are numerous fine, regular growth lines which comprise the only sculpture on the narrow subsutural band. Aperture narrowly ovate, pointed posteriorly, drawn out anteriorly into a long, open canal, twisted very gently to the left. Outer lip thin, slightly retracted at the suture, thence sweeping forward in a broad, flat curve. Inner lip narrow, a thin glaze on the parietal wall. Columella long, twisted slightly to the left. Colour light orange-brown, columella white.
Height, 27,0 mm.; diameter 9,4 mm.; height of spire, 9,5 mm.