Shell small, white, of about five whorls, including one rather largo smooth nuclear whorl; suture undulate; appressed; spiral sculpture of (on the penultimate whorl four, on the last whorl about a dozen) prominent equal cords, slightly swollen where they cross the ribs, the posterior cord somewhat more widely separated from the rest; axial sculpture of (on the penultimate whorl nine) rounded ribs with equal or wider interspaces, crossing the whorls but becoming obsolete toward the end of the last whorl; aperture narrow, outer lip sharp, lirate within; pillar with two well-marked pustulations, canal short, slender, slightly recurved. Length, 7.5; length of last whorl, 5; diameter, 4 mm. U. S. Nat. Mus. Cat. No. 107995.
Off Fernandina, one specimen.