Shell small, short, stout, blunt, of about four and a half whorls; anal fasciole sloping toward a carinate beaded shoulder, retractively wrinkled between the distinct suture and a nearly median thread; axial sculpture of (on the last whorl about 30) small, narrow, protractive equal ribs with subequal interspaces, obsolete on the base, each beginning at a bead on the carina ; spiral sculpture of tine sharp equal and equidistant striae covering the shell in front of the carina, cutting minutely the summits of the ribs, with wider flattish interspaces; aperture rather wide, simple; canal short, deep, recurved. Height of shell. 4.5; of last whorl. 3: diameter. 3.8 mm. Cat. No. 96486, U.S.N.M.
Range: Galapagos Islands in 812 fathoms, ooze, bottom temperature 38.4° F. U. S. Bureau of Fisheries steamer Albatros.