Shell conical, solid and semi-transparent. Larval shell consisting of 1.5-1.75 convex whorls, sculptured by numerous microtubercles, in some parts confluent and arranged in parts of spirals, elsewhere disorderly spread. Average diameter of the protoconch 0.34 mm. Teleoconch of 2.7-3.5 flat whorls, sculptured by 20-40 straight, sharp, axial ribs, ending abruptly at the suture level. Spiral sculpture of 16-20 low, spiral ribs, covering the entire shell and less prominent than the axial ribs. One spiral rib, just below die suture, forms together with the axial ribs a series of semi-nodules in the subsutural part of the axial ribs, giving a 'crown-like' impression. Suture small to broadly canaliculate. Microsculpture of the teleoconch consisting of microstriae, regularly covering the two initial adapical whorls. Aperture drop-shaped; parietal callus thin. Inner lip only a little projecting over a very narrow umbilical chink. Outer lip just slightly thickened.