« Testâ oblongo-turritâ, laevi, castaneâ, variè albo-maculatâ et guttatâ; anfractibus 5, subventricosis, oblongâ, latiusculâ, labio externo intùs denticulis 2-3 obsoletis instructo; anfractu ultimo anticè transversim striato. » – G. B. Sowerby: “Description of some new species of Columbella, in the collection of H. Cuming, Esq.”, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London part XII, London 1844, p.53.