« Shell subtrigonal, open, slightly involute, longitudinally substriated, white, fragile; inner lip with a cup-shaped appendage, subspiral within; outer lip posteriorly angled and produced. Algiers; dredged by R. M’Andrew, Esq. Mus. Hanley. » – A. Adams: “Monograph of the family Bullidae” in G. B. Sowerby: Thesaurus Conchyliorum vol. II, London 1855, p.598. – Above: Beach drift, Il-Bajja s-Sabiħa, Birżebbuġa, southeastern coast of Malta. 2,2mm. Original pictures provided by A. Nappo (IT) – (CC BY-NC-SA).