Shell large for the genus, acute, white; nuclear whorls defective, remaining whorls 11; axial sculpture of 16 protractive ribs which extend from suture to suture and over the base to the canal, strongly curved where they cross the depressed anal fasciole and indistinct on the last third of the body whorl between a light stained hump and the edge of the outer lip; spiral sculpture of closely spaced, flattened cords separated by sharp, incised lines which cut across the ribs, rendering them slightly nodulous, 3 appearing on the fasciole and 6 between it and the periphery, base and canal with 12 similar cords; aperture short, outer lip thin, sharp, inner lip with a raised callus ending in a callus pile separating the very narrow, deep anal sinus from the body of the shell; canal short, deep, slightly recurved with a shelly siphonal sinus. The type measures: length, 29 mm.; maximum diameter, 11 mm.

This species is very similar in many ways to Calliclava pallida Sowerby but is larger with fewer and less well developed ribs. It is larger and is sculptured with more numerous axial ribs than C. craneana.

Type Location: Off La Libertad, El Salvador, Lat. 13° 27' 20" N., Long. 89° 19' 20" W.