Shell large, heavy, solid, spire short to moderate, sutures deep and channelled. Aperture rather wide, columella with three to four plaits anteriorly and denticulate throughout. Colour variable, mostly creamy yellow, ornamented with irregular, wavy brownish gray axial lines or dots, two broad, dark chocolate broken bands, one below the suture and the other at the middle of the body whorl, aperture characteristically rich orange, a narrow, cream coloured axial band extending from anterior to posterior end along the outer lip, columella white, fasciole band dark brown.