Shell narrow (b/1 0,29-037, a/1 0,32-0,35), whorls not shouldered, subsutural region shallowly impressed, basal 2/3 whorl evenly convex; siphonal canal not dorsally notched; fasciole relatively weak; anal sinus moderately shallow, directed slightly adapically; 10-14 weakly reversed-sigmoid axial ribs with angularly rounded crests and sloping sides, evanescing at parietal level; 4-7 declivous spiral lirae on rostrum; overall surface glossy, with microscopic growth-lines and faint spiral striae; protoconch of U whorls with fine axial plicules on last quarter-whorl, breadth 0,75-0,78 mm, b/h 1,19-1,29; light to dark orange brown, either uniform (except for white axials and intervening dark orange-brown spots) or with rostrum and subsutural region pale brown to white. Adult length 11,2-14,2 mm.
Description: Shell narrowly claviform (b/1 0,29-0,37, a/1 0,32-0,35), with an acute, slightly cyrtoconic spire and moderately short, truncate base; suture shallow, teleoconch whorls about 7, subsutural region only shallowly concave (without distinct cord or sulcus), basal ½ - 2/3 of whorl gently and evenly convex, periphery at basal third, no trace of shoulder; left side of base of body whorl concave, fasciole slight, false umbilicus feeble and rimate. Aperture oblong-ovate, greatest width more or less median, labrum somewhat straight medially; siphonal canal moderately wide, short, termination not indented; labial callus thick, forming moderately strong pad in posterior angle of aperture, constricting anal sinus, outer edge of callus not free on columella; labrum thin, gently curved in side-view, with distinct stromboid notch and moderately shallow, openly U-shaped anal sinus, directed slightly adapically.
Glossy, sculptured by low, suture-to-suture axial ribs, one behind lip being varicoid, and 4-7 declivous spiral lirae on rostrum; microsculpture of fine growth-lines and traces of very faint spiral striae. Axial ribs weak below suture, on body whorl extending anteriorly to parietal level, opisthocline, weakly reversed-sigmoid, recurved below suture, narrower than intervals, crests angularly rounded, with sloping sides, 10-14 per whorl.
Colour deep brown to dark yellowish-brown (fading to strong yellowish-brown), usually paler on rostrum and below suture, crests of ribs white, at least above periphery, occasionally with dark blotches on subsutural concavity; back of lip yellowish-white with two spiral brown bands; protoconch pale.
Protoconch domed, of about 1,5 whorls, the 1st somewhat depressed; smooth except for last quarter whorl, where there are fine, dense axial plicules; breadth 0,75-0,78 mm, height 0,58-0,63 mm (b/h 1,19-1,29).Dimensions: 14,2 X 5,2 mm, 11,2 X 3,9 mm.

Southern Mozambique to eastern Transkei, littoral.