Shell elongate fusiform, spire elevated, siphonal canal extended and almost closed, aperture small and oval, outer lip with spiral ridges inside. Sculpture of broad axial ribs crossed by spiral threads. Columella concave with two weak plications. Protoconch mammilliform. Colour generally various shades of dark brown to cream with lighter spiral threads. Size relatively small, up to 60mm in length. The lateral radula plates are double-pronged and fang-like, not comb-shaped as in other genera of Fasciolariidae. The radula of Dolicholatirus species resembles that of members of the Turbinellidae, however due to their present unconfirmed status, are here retained in the Fasciolariidae. Dolicholatirus is represented by few species, mainly from deep tropical and temperate waters around the world.