As Ancilla coccinea, Hedley:
Shell large, solid, ovate-fusiform, whorls probably eight. Colour :—the central area of the body whorl is orange, bounded above and below by a white spiral line, beneath the lower one is a narrow belt of brilliant cadmium orange, followed by pure white on the base and pillar. Above the upper white spiral is a broad space of cadmium orange shading off into buff on the upper part of the spire. Sculpture: the central zone of the body whorl is unglazed, and is bounded by an incised spiral line above and below, anterior to this is a narrow belt of callus limited by another incised line, the latter issuing at the centre of the notch. Above the unglazed central zone there is a broad and thick deposit which envelopes the spire, concealing the sutures, and from which the apical whorl alone projects. Aperture narrow, ovate, effuse anteriorly, the posterior angle blocked by a pad of callus, from which a thin glaze spreads over the inner lip. Columella grooved and twisted. Canal short and broad. No furrow within, or spur upon the lip. Length, 45 mm., breadth, 19 mm. Great Australian Bight, west of Eucla, 75 to 140 fathoms.