« Very small, obovate to broadly elongate, and conical, pointed, pale chestnut to white, reticulated, with a small conical tip, convex whorls, an impressed suture, a short rounded and slightly conical base, a small oval mouth.… » – R. B. Watson: “Report on the Scaphopoda and Gasteropoda collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the Years 1873-1876”, Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76, Zoology part XLII, London 1886, p.554.

« …Longitudinals — there are on the last whorl about 14 rather feebly raised ribs, which are strongest at the suture and die out on the base; these do not appear on the firts two regular whorls. Spirals — there are on the last whorl about eight slightly tubercled threads, of which the third faintly angulates the periphery, and the last is near the pillar » – Ibid. Columellar area usually brownish.