Shell of medium size, up to 35 mm in length, thick, spire short, body whorl a little broader than high, whorls angulated in the middle. Aperture almost round, outer lip with fin-like outer edge and about fourteen denticles on the inner edge, inner lip thin and narrow, columella calloused and plicate, plications becoming prominent at the base, short and straight siphonal canal and a distinct anal canal. Sculptured with strong rounded varices traversed by coarsely granular transverse ridges, the varices join each other and form a continuous ridge on either side of the shell, the spiral cords not forming nodules as they cross the varix, two to three spiral rows of antero-posteriorly compressed nodules around the shoulder angulation, sutures with strong and oblique axial riblets. Colour yellowish brown, often ornamented with three spiral rows of dark brown spots, nodules tinged with brown, aperture white to cream with pale yellowish brown on the outer margin of the outer lip.