Diagnosis: Shell biconic-claviform (b/1 0,42, a/1 0,40-0,43), apex blunt; whorls moderately convex, not shouldered, shallowly concave below suture, slightly swollen at suture itself; fasciole absent; siphonal canal relatively short; parietal nodule small, laterally compressed, entrance to anal sinus slightly constricted; axial ribs rather fine and low, 26-28 on penultimate whorl, incised into small rhomboidal nodules (7-9 rows on penultimate whorl) by deep spiral grooves; body whorl without a varix; uniform orange-brown. Protoconch breadth 1,13 mm. Attains 9,5 mm.
Description: Shell biconic-claviform (b/1 0,42, a/1 0,40-0,43) with blunt apex, rostrum relatively long, base slanting slightly to right, squarely truncate; teleoconch whorls about 4, suture fairly shallow; whorls moderately convex, not shouldered, periphery slightly above median, slightly concave below suture, very slightly swollen at sutural margin, but no distinct subsutural cord; left side of base of body whorl weakly to moderately concave, fasciole absent, with slight false umbilicus next to columella callus. Aperture narrowly pyriform, greatest width slightly behind median, tapering gradually to siphonal canal; base of columella slightly convex, parietal region concave, siphonal canal rather short, broad, deep and slightly oblique, its termination not indented; labial callus fairly thick, its outer edge slightly free on columella, parietal nodule rather small, laterally compressed with free outer edge, continuous with labrum, very slightly constricting opening of anal sinus; labrum fairly strongly convex in side-view, without stromboid notch; anal sinus deep, more or less symmetrically U-shaped, with its opening slightly narrowed. Sculptured by thin, rather low, close-set axial ribs, cut into small nodules by deep spiral grooves, except on shoulder slope; growth-lines strong, pliculate below suture and somewhat lamellate on rostrum; no varices. Axial ribs suture-to-suture, but on later whorls becoming relatively weak below suture, extending (as nodules) well onto rostrum, wider than intervals, strongly rounded in t/s with trailing side steeper than leading one; opisthocline, slightly arcuate, recurved below suture; 18-20 on 1st whorl, 26-28 on penultimate whorl. Nodules square to rectangular, but slightly oblique; on 1st whorl initially feeble, then developing into 2, later 3 rows, penultimate whorl with 7-9 rows, base of body whorl with 10-12, becoming weak towards end of rostrum. Uniform brownish-orange to strong brown. Protoconch narrowly domed, of slightly more than 1,5 whorls, 1st one depressed, suture fairly deep, termination reversed-sigmoid, not forming a rib; smooth except for growth-lines near termination; breadth 1,13 mm, height 0,95-1,00 mm (b/h 1,13-1,19). Dimensions: 8,8 x 3,7 mm (holotype); paratype length (lip broken) 9,5 mm. Operculum, radula and soft parts unknown.

Easily separable from its congeners by its overall orange-brown coloration and fine granulation.

South Africa. Continental shelf of western Transkei, 90-95 m.