« Shell subcilindric, semitransparent, with slightly convex whorls and a channelized shallow suture; […] one or two spiral lines made up of quadrangular perforations above the suture (two or three on the periphery of the last whorl); aperture piriform; there is a light columellar fold; protoconch of type B. » – Peñas, Templado & Martínez: “Contribución al conocimiento de los Pyramidelloidea del Mediterráneo español” Iberus 14 (1), 1996, page 50.