The size of the shell varies between 13mm and 30 mm. The solid shell has a rather tumidly conical shape. The whorls are slopingly convex, densely strongly grained, here and there linearlyengraved. The lines are obliquely minutely crenulated. The basal margin is obtusely rounded. The shell has a goldenstrawcolor, engraved lines chocolate-purple. It is strongly grained upon a bright golden straw-color, enlaced with engraved lines of a deep chocolate-purple.