The shell, which was about 1.8 mm. long, was tan, with 2 reddish tan, beaded cords per whorl. The oval, yellow operculum consists of an acentric nucleus with two spirals. The shell, which was somewhat broken, subsequently dissolved, leaving the body and operculum of the animal.
Dr. Thorson, who examined the fragmentary shell, says that the color and the size and structure of the apex agree well with living specimens from eastern Greenland, but the condition of the shell renders positive identification impossible.

Frigidoalvania janmayeni is highly characteristic with its very coarse sculpture of rounded ribs and thick, dark brown, fcrrugineous pcriostracum. often covered by similarly coloured rust deposits.

Northeastern Canada, Greenland, northern Iceland, northern Norway, Svalbard, the White Sea and the Kara Sea. to 75° E, in 10 - 520 m (WAREn 1974, GOLIKOV & FEDJAKOV 1987. WAREN 1989a)

Point Barrow; and (Thorson, 1944) Newfoundland to Cape Cod, eastern and western Greenland; Jan Mayen, and Spitsbergen.