Diagnosis: Shell Bullia-shaped wilh relatively broad base, b/1 0,38-0,41, a/1 0,43-0,52, spire angle 28°—37°; spire bluntly orthoconoid, whorls rather flattened, suture scarcely indented, primary spire callus a smooth, translucent glaze, exposing protoconch but forming a narrow opaque band at suture, secondary callus forming a thin, ill-defined deposit at termination of penultimate whorl; outer lip in side-view slightly opisthocline and rather flat; siphonal canal moderately deeply and symmetrically notched; columella pillar rather narrow, with 4 rather equal plicae; both fasciolar bands slightly declivous and very finely microshagreened, posterior band thinly calloused; no ancillid groove. Slightly translucent yellowish-white with opaque white sutural band bearing light brownish-yellow spots, and a similar but fainter series at mid-body whorl. Maximum length 16,4 mm.
Description: Shell Bullia-shaped, with relatively broad base and high spire; b/1 0,38-0,41, a/1 0,43-0,52; left side of body whorl moderately convex, right side much less so, greatest width of body whorl more or less median. Spire orthoconoid, whorls only very slightly convex and barely indented at suture, smooth; spire angle 28°—37°; primary callus very thin, glazing but not obliterating suture and exposing protoconch, transparent, except at suture where there is a narrow opaque band, bordered anteriorly by a fine groove; surface of callus glossy, without trace of microshagreen sculpture; secondary callus forming a thin, ill-defined deposit at termination of penultimate whorl.
Aperture oblanceolate, roundedly angular posteriorly, greatest width at about anterior third, outer lip slightly opisthocline and rather flat in side-view, siphonal canal rather deeply and asymmetrically notched; inner lip shallowly concave, flattening in parietal region, where the callus is rather thin and translucent; columella pillar rather narrow, its termination blunt, basal sinus widely and shallowly concave; columella plicae 4, more or less equal in strength, outer pair confluent, surface faintly microshagreened. Anterior fasciolar groove wide and shallow, anterior fasciolar band fairly broad and declivous, posterior fasciolar band much thinner but wider, slightly declivous, both bands very finely microshagreened; no ancillid groove. Median zone of body whorl with extremely fine growth lines.
Colour yellowish-white, anterior callus deposit and sutural band opaque white, the latter band with wide-set pale brownish-yellow spots, body whorl also with a row of faint, diffuse yellow spots at parietal level. Protoconch bluntly conical, about 2 whorls, breadth 1,25 mm. Dimensions: 12,0 x 4,8 mm (holotype); 16,4 x 6,3 mm (largest paratype).

South-Africa. Outer continental shelf of Zululand, from Dog Point to Matigulu River mouth, empty shells mainly in 150-260 m, evidently extending deeper in the south.