The shell is moderately large for the genus (maximum length 20 mm) and roughly fusiform. The spire is high and acute, consisting of almost two full nuclear whorls and about five moderately angulate postnuclear whorls. The suture is moderately impressed. The body whorl is moderately large and fusoid. The aperture is small and ovate, with a completely erect peristome. The anal siphonal tubes are very long; each originates midway between varices and projects dorsally and slightly posteriorly. The siphonal canal is long, sealed, tapering anteriorly, and bent to the right and dorsally.
The body whorl bears four moderately prominent, dorsally reflected varices. The margin of each varix bears five spinelike points, four of these dorsally curved and one swept posteriorly at the shoulder margin. Spiral sculpture consists of faint threads associated with the four varical points.
Shell color is primarily fleshy orange-pink, with thin rust-colored bands following the crests of the cords. The aperture and canal are white, and the tip of the canal is stained rust-color. The entire shell is covered with a thin frosting of flat-white intritacalx.
Known only from the South China Sea.