« M. hernandezi must be considered as a sibling species of M. minor (“pseudo-sibling species” according to Knowlton, 1993), being distinguishable principally on the basis of its strong pupoid (generally white) protoconch with a “nuclear width/base width ratio” of about ⅔ instead of a smaller pointed (generally brown) protoconch in M. minor with a ratio of about ½, and on the basis of its very thin lattice-patterned periostracum instead of a thick coarsely wrinckled one in M. minor. The shell aperture in M. hernandezi is more triangular, often smaller and narrower than in M. minor, the siphonal canal is generally longer, the outer lip more angular and the labial denticles stronger. » – Boyer & Rolán: “ About a sibling species of Mitrella minor (Scacchi, 1836)”, Iberus vol. 23(2), Barcelona 2005, p.64. The species name refers to J. M. Hernandez, from Canarias, who provided the type-specimens and field observations.