Shell small, white, narrowly fusiform, whorls rounded. Spire 1.15 times height of aperture plus canal. Base very gradually contracted. Canal moderately long, broadly open. Whorls 5, including protoconch . Sculpture weak, axials stronger than spirals. Axials 14-16 per whorl, narrowly rounded. Four regular, close-spaced, weak spirals above the middle on spire whorls and 3 stronger spaced spirals below; on the base there are six, spaced, spiral cords, merging below with about 12 linear-spaced threads which become indistinct over the fasciole. Fine linear-spaced spiral threads occupy the spaces between the primary cords.
Height, 5.7 mm.; diameter, 2.3 mm. (Holotype).
Holotype in Auckland Museum (Dr. H. J. Finlay collection).
Localities: 50 fathoms off Snares Islands (Holotype) ; 50 fathoms 10 miles E.N.E. of Otago Heads.