Shell light, solid, conically elongate. Protoconch (with about 2 whorls, beginning in a wide nucleus and with a diameter of 250 µm in the first whorl and about 370 µm in the second whorls; entire protoconch white. In the first whorl of the protoconch, there are about 12 opisthoclinely curved, narrow axial ribs. In the second whorl they grow more numerous and become S-shaped. In the middle of both whorls there is a fine spiral cord which crosses the axial ribs at the point where they change direction. The teleoconch has 8 whorls with two nodulose spiral cords on the first three whorls, and three spirals of almost equal size on all further teleoconch whorls. On the base there are three more cords, which, however, are not nodulose. The colour is light brown, but darker on the suture, the upper cord of the whorls and the base. Aperture ovoid with an open and short siphonal canal. Dimensions: the holotype measures 4.18 mm.

This species was not placed in a definite genus because of the lack of material for radular or genetic studies. As in other many cases in the Caribbean literature, this species is tentatively placed in "Triphora" in a wide sense.
The most similar species in the Caribbean are the following:

"Triphora" calva (Faber & Moolenbeek, 1991) has a similar protoconch, but it is smooth except for a fine cord in the middle of the second protoconch whorl, thus lacking any axial ribs.

"Triphora"guadaloupensis Rolan & Fernandez-Garces, 2008 is a very short, ovoid shell, which has only got 4 teleoconch whorls with two cords on the first whorls and three on the last one; the protoconch is white, but it has two spiral cords on the first whorl and three on the second one; thus without axial sculpture on the protoconch.

"Triphora" amicorum Rolan & Fernandez-Garces, 2008. This species from Palm Beach, Florida, has almost three whorls in the protoconch and it is very sculptured with numerous undulating axial ribs and two fine spiral cords per whorl. Besides, the upper cord in the teleoconch whorls is paler in colour.

"Triphora" turtebayensis Rolan & Fernandez-Garces, 2008 has a uniformly pale brown coloured shell. The protoconch consists of two whorls, but there are two spiral cordlets per whorls instead of one.

"Triphora" grenadensis Rolan & Fernandez-Garces, 2008 is the most similar species, but the protoconch is brownish, the axial ribs are wider and the spiral cord of the protoconch is also wider and placed below mid-whorl.

"Triphora" abacoensis Rolan & Redfern, 2008. This species has two protoconch whorls, but with a very different sculpture of very prosocline ribs and without spiral sculpture.

"Triphora" portoricencis Rolan & Fernandez-Garces, 2008 has a similar, yet uniform colour and its proto¬conch consists of almost 3 whorls with a very prominent keel below mid-whorl.

Distribution: Only known from the type locality. Type locality: Guadeloupe Island, Basse-Terre, Baie de Bailie-Argent, KARUBENTHOS, Stn. GD21, 40 m, 16'15.55"N,61'48.8"W.