« Shell heavy, swollen, milky coloured; spire whorls 7, the last one largest and almost contituting the entire shell; whorls rounded with longitudinal costae, interspaces striated and adorned with numerous transverse and scaly cords; aperture ovate-elongated, with a toothed lip and a grooved interior; canal rather long, contorted, doubled, closed. » – Aradas & Benoit: “Conchigliologia vivente marina della Sicilia e delle isole che la circondano”, Atti dell’Accademia Gioenia di Scienze Naturali in Catania ser. 3, vol. 6, Catania 1876, p.270.