Shell with obconic body whorl and acute, papilliform apex, b/1 0,35-0,42, a/l 0,32-0,38, whorls shouldered, with periphery below middle; shoulder slope moderately concave, subsutural cord weak but distinct; axial ribs tubercle-like but reaching lower suture, 10 on penultimate whorl, crossed by very fine spiral threads; labrum not foreshortened, siphonal canal shallowly indented, parietal tubercle moderately large but not constricting anal sinus; brown with paler axial ribs; protoconch breadth 1,00-1,10 mm; attains 25,9 mm.
Description: Shell claviform (b/l 0,35-0,42, a/l 0,32-0,38), body whorl obconical, spire acute, apex papilliform, teleoconch whorls about 7,5; first 2-3 whorls weakly convex, rest with rounded shoulder situated at about midwhorl, periphery of whorl at about anterior third, shoulder slope moderately concave with a slight subsutural cord; left side of base of body whorl concave with welldeveloped fasciole and sometimes a chink-like umbilicus next to columella callus. Aperture oblong-lanceolate, greatest width more or less median, siphonal canal moderately wide, bent slightly to right, its termination shallowly indented dorsally; columella straight to slightly convex, labial callus thick, its outer edge slightly free on columella, parietal pad small to moderate, not constricting entrance to anal sinus; labrum very gently convex in sideview, with very shallow stromboid notch, anal sinus deep, U-shaped, bordered by weakly alate expansion of lip.
Sculptured by tuberclelike axial ribs and very fine spiral threads; growthlines coarse, an occasional one very coarse. Axial ribs feeble on 1st whorl, on 2nd forming 8-10 low axial nodules above suture; penultimate whorl with 10 ribs, body whorl with 8-9 (obsolete immediately behind lip); crests rounded in section, with gradually sloping sides, opisthocline, equal to intervals, evanescing above shoulder and on body whorl at level of parietal tubercle. Spiral threads feeble on early whorls, on later ones fine, close and uniform, except above shoulder where weaker, and on base of body whorl where wider than elsewhere. Colour light brown to moderate orange, with paler axial ribs and rostrum. Dimensions: 25,9 x 10,0 mm. 15,2 x 5,9 mm (largest and smallest examples examined). Protoconch narrowly pupoid-conical. of about 2,5 whorls, first half-whorl small and depressed, 2nd slightly more convex than last whorl; evidently smooth, except for sinuous growth-lines near termination; lip strongly reversed-sigmoid; breadth 1.00-1,10 mm, height 1.25-1,40 mm (b/h 0,78-0,81). Operculum, radula and soft parts unknown.

Continental shelf from Atlantic coast of Cape Peninsula to off Tsitsikamma coast, in about 80-250 m.