Height 47 mm, breadth 29 mm. Shell ovoidal and moderately thick, with low spires and large body whorl. Spiral ribs about 10 on the upper whorls and about 30 on the body whorl, with subequal width to that of inter-rib groove except in subsutural area where ribs slenderer and concave forming an indistinct shoulder. Surface pale yellowish white with a thin periostracum. Aperture oval with smooth outer lip. Columellar lip with white callus margined by oxidized silverly hue. Operculum elliptical with nuculeus anteriorly.
Distribution:
North Carolina to the Lesser Antilles and off Suriname. Lower shelf to slope.