Description. Shell subcylindrical, stout, solid, with the umbilical rimation closed or only minutely open. External color a chalk-white with the interior of the aperture a pale, creamy brown. Whorls 9½ to 10½ , last three, somewhat flattened, remaining earlier whorls sharply tapering to an obtuse summit. Spire somewhat short, conic, and slightly convex, produced at an angle of 83° (holotype) [A series of 10 specimens, however, gave a variation of this angle from 73º to 85º]. Aperture subovate to nearly circular. Parietal tooth strongly developed, centrally located and about three times as long as high. Columellar lamella much smaller but carried back for a full whorl. Lip expanded, flattened and generally recurved. Parietal lip well thickened, usually enough to connect the insertion points of the palatal lip. Suture well defined, sharply though not deeply indented. Sculpture generally of strong and widely spaced ribs, variable in number (18-23) and occasionally nearly obsolete. Nuclear whorls (1½) smooth. Basal ridge inconspicuous, the ribs continuing into the umbilical rimation.
Length Width Aperture
30.5 13.5 8.5 x 6.7 mm. Holotype
25.5 13.2 7.5 x 6.5 Smallest
31.3 13. 8. x 6.5 Largest
28.8 13.6 8.2 x 6.6 Average of 10 specimens
Holotype. Mus. Compo Zool. no. 106956, Columbus Point, S. E. tip of
Remarks. This species is materially different from all others encountered on this island and the only species of the