Description. Shell minute, thin, rather high-spired, narrowly phaneromphalous. Protoconch of llh smooth whorls, apex deviated; sharp straight line between protoconch and teleoconch. Teleoconch of 4 very convex whorls, first lh whorls smooth, remainder ornamented with spiral cords and distinct opisthociine growth lines; suture deep. Aperture simple, complete. circular and with thin lips.
| Dimensions. | H | W | NW |
| Holotype (F78519) Paratype (F78520) | 2.7 mm 1.8 | 0.7mm 0.6 | 8 6 |
| Dimensions. H | W | PA | NW |
| Holotype (F78454) 1.6 mm Paratypes (F78455 a)1.9 (F78455 b)1.6 | 1.1 mm 1.0 0.9 | 40° 32 35 | 4 4 4 |
Types. Holotype (F78454) and 2 figured paratypes (F78455).
Type locality. 150 m west of 'Marohn' homestead, 4 km south-west of Gundy, NSW (Locality 28).
Stratigraphic position. In biociastic limestone, upper part of the Dangarfield Formation.
Geographic distribution. Type locality only.
Geological age. Late Tournaisian.
Etymology. This species was named after Professor I.A. Talent, Macquarie University as an acknowledgment for his supervision of this work.
Remarks. This species differs from Kimina globosa n.sp. in possessing spiral cords, and from Pseudoaclisina turgida (Yoo) in having more convex whorls. Palaeoalvania talenti n.sp. resembles some Recent rissoids, particularly Alvania, in shell shape and ornament, but differs in having a deviated protoconch.