Height 95 mm, breadth 53 mm. Shell thick, solid. Varix presents at about 120° turns but slightly dislocated, carrying pointed projections but never spinous. Axial ribs between adjoining varices 1-4, forming knobs and granules at intersections of primary and secondary spiral ribs. Surface white to orangy red. Aperture oval with crenulated outer-lip carrying 3-4 brown bands, pinkish within. Inner to columellar lips with semicircular pinkish callus of which margin raised and dark brownish. Siphonal canal thick, recurved, with 1-3 spines. Previous siphonal canal projected obliquely.
Distribution:
North Carolina to Florida, Bermuda to Brazil and off Suriname.