The small, rather conical, smooth shell is pale-red and consists of five whorls. The
spire is short. The
aperture is elongate and rather narrow. The
columella is four-plaited with the two plaits on top somewhat larger. The outer
lip is smooth and somewhat reflexed.[2]
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