Burnupena pubescens is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc.

The pointed spire is conical and, formed of six slightly convex whorls, the lowest of which is as large as all the others.

They are flattened and angular at the upper part, crowned upon the angle by a subgranulated margin.

The suture is accompanied at the upper part of each whorl, by a small, slightly convex and undulating margin.

[3] This marine species is found in South African waters off Namibia and KwaZuluNatal.