Shell large, fusiform, of a rich reddish brown, deepest on the pillar, with a closely adherent, very thin, polished epidermis; whorls seven, without the nucleus, which is lost in the specimen, while the outer coat of the apical whorls is much eroded ; whorls full and rounded, suture distinct, not appressed or channeled ; transverse sculpture only of tine inconspicuous lines of growth; spiral sculpture of two sorts: first, a fine, sharp, slightly irregular striation, which covers the whole surface; secondly, of revolving elevated cinguli, of which three on the periphery are more widely and deeply separated and more elevated than the others; these three have interspaces equal to or wider than themselves; on the last whorl in front of the periphery the cinguli are flattopped little elevated wide bands with narrower interspaces, this sculpture becoming obscure toward the canal; above the periphery is one wellmarked cingulum slightly turreting the whorl which inclines from it to the suture in a flattened manner; aperture pointed in front, wider behind ; pillar simple, perfectly straight, anteriorly attenuated ; body and pillar with a thin dark brown glaze; outer lip very thin, sharp, crenulated by the outside sculpture, which also grooves the interior; notch shallow, wide; fasciole hardly visible; canal short, wide, hardly differentiated, straight. Altitude of shell 73 ; maximum diameter 30MM.

Off the coast of Ecuador