Diagnosis: Shell claviform (b/1 0,42-0,43, a/1 0,40-0,46), apex moderately blunt: whorls convex, feebly shouldered, shallowly concave below suture, slightly swollen at suture itself; fasciole absent; siphonal canal relatively long; parietal nodule moderately small, laterally compressed, entrance to anal sinus slightly constricted: axial ribs strong, 13-15 on penultimate whorl, incised into rounded, plano-convex nodules (4-5 rows on penultimate whorl) by deep spiral grooves; body whorl with a weak varix; greyish-white. Protoconch breadth 0.80-0,85 mm. Attains 8,9 mm.
Description: Shell claviform (b/1 0,42-0,43, a/l 0,40-0,46) with moderately blunt apex, rostrum relatively long, base slanting slightly to right, moderately truncate, slightly oblique; teleoconch whorls about 4,5 , suture fairly shallow; whorls convex, feebly shouldered, periphery slightly above median, slightly concave below suture, very slightly swollen immediately below suture, but no distinct subsutural cord; left side of base of body whorl gently and evenly concave, fasciole absent, adult with slight false umbilicus next to columella callus. Aperture narrowly pyriform, greatest width slightly behind median, base of columella slightly convex, parietal region concave, siphonal canal moderately produced, broad, deep and slightly oblique, its termination not indented; labial callus fairly thick, its outer edge slightly free on columella, parietal nodule moderately small, laterally com¬pressed with free outer edge, continuous with labrum, slightly constricting opening of anal sinus; labrum moderately convex in side-view, without stromboid notch; anal sinus deep, more or less symmetrically U-shaped, with its opening slightly narrowed. Sculptured by fairly strong, rounded, close-set axial ribs, cut into conspicuous nodules by deep spiral grooves, except on shoulder slope; growth-lines fine, sometimes forming feeble arcuate plicules on shoulder slope; a weak varix shortly behind lip. Axial ribs suture-to-suture, extending (as nodules) well onto rostrum, much wider than intervals, strongly rounded in t/s with steep sides, slightly opisthocline, rather straight, except below suture, where somewhat recurved; 11-12 on 1st whorl, 13-15 on penultimate whorl. Nodules slightly elongated transversely, adapical face of each nodule flattened, abapical side convex; feeble on first whorl, 3 rows on 2nd, 4-5 on penultimate whorl, 7-9 on base of body whorl. Greyish-white. Protoconch narrowly domed, of about 1,5 smooth whorls, 1st whorl depressed, termination reversed-sigmoid, forming a rib; breadth 0,80-0,85 mm, height 0,80-0,85 mm (b/h 0,94-1,06). Dimensions: 7,2x3,1 mm (holotype); largest paratype 8,9 mm long (lip broken). Operculum, radula and soft parts unknown.

The sculpture of this species is distinctive.

South Africa. Outer continental shelf of eastern Transkei, 100-180 mm.