Shell trochiform, solid, with a rather high, sharp-pointed spire and flat or slightly concave whorls, the last not descending at the aperture, with a very sharp peripheral keel; base inflated, but somewhat excavated around the small umbilicus, sculptured above and below with rather fine, revolving cords, which are made subnodulous by the crossing of the growth lines; basal tooth sharp, compressed; below it the basal edge of the shell is excavated. Color grayish or brownish, with white dots on the ribs, the base whitish.
Height, 15; diameter, 15 mm.