Shell size small for genus, adult size up to 8.1 mm; fusiform, slightly bulbously elongate. Suture slightl impressed. Protoconch paucispiral, 1.5 smooth whorls. Teleoconch of four whorls. Axial sculpture of very weak, rou ded, axial cords on first two whorls, obsolete on subsequent whorls. Spiral sculpture absent. Outer lip slightly thickened, smooth. Inner lip smooth. Columellar callus slightly thickened. Parietal callus very weak, almost obsolete. Columella smooth. Siphonal canal short, open, straight. Teleoconch whorls off-white in colour, semi-translucent. Protoconch o white, semi-translucent. Aperture and columella off-white. Holotype height 7.7 mm.

This species is most similar to Mitrella charcoti, another species without basal cords, but differs in its more bulbous protoconch, less bulbous teleoconch whorls, larger size and faint axial sculpture on the early teleoconch whorls. Another closely related species is Mitrella simplex (Schepman, 1911), a species known only from Indonesian waters, which is less bulbous and possesses basal cords.

New Caledonia: Norfolk Ridge, 760-1004 m.