 For this smooth and glossy form, the maximum recorded shell length is 60 mm.The minimum recorded depth for this form is 0 m; the maximum recorded depth is 6 m. 

In 1939, the shell form of "Semicassis granulata" which has nodules on the shoulder was named as a subspecies, "Semicassis cicatricosa peristephes", by American malacologists Henry G. Pilsbry and Thomas L. Mcginty.This supposed subspecies has since been considered a synonym of "S. cicatricosa", and consequently of "S. granulata".