Shell very large, solid, heavy, covered with thin, translucent tan periostracum, spire acuminate with about eight whorls. Aperture narrow, smooth, polished, small ridge on columella and on the inside of outer lip posteriorly. Outer lip flare widely, extends over up to apex and its edge forms six slender digitate processes which may be short or long, anterior canal moderately long and slightly twisted to the left, very deep and wide stromboid notch, parietal callus covers half of body whorl and up to the apex, but not contiguous with it. Sculptured with spiral and axial striae on the spire, small knobs on sharp angular shoulders, body whorl with fine blunt knobs on the shoulder. Colour creamy white heavily mottled with brown, columella, parietal area and interior flesh-pink.