The height of the shell varies between 19 mmand 22 mm, its diameter between 15 mm and 18 mm. The heavy and solid, elevated shell is minutely perforate and has a conoidal shape. Its color is black or purplish. The 5 to 6 whorls are slightly convex. They are smooth, the last one has a rounded periphery. The base of the shell is somewhat flattened, deeply eroded in front of the aperture. The small aperture is oblique. The outerlip is thick and lirate within. The shortcolumella is oblique and distinctly tridentate at the base. The minuteumbilicus is circular.