The shell of "Leptoxis compacta" is ovate-conic, smooth, thick and yellowish-green. The spire is obtusely elevated. The shell has about five whorls, which is nearly flat. The body whorl is large, subangulated near the base, with three very dark bands, two of which are below the angle. The penultimate whorl has two bands only, and the lowest of these is nearly or quite concealed by the suture, and on the upper whorl the same band is indicated only by a dark, hair-like line. Sutures are well impressed. The aperture is rather large, ovate, within whitish and