A very small, ovoid, imperforate shell. Protoconque small, heterostrophic, with a sunken nucleus. Teleoconch of 3,5-4 whorls, the first one almost blat, the following being a little convex. The suture is marked. Sculpture made up of sharp radial costae crossed by slightly smaller spiral threads. The radials weaken on the base, where the spirals become predominant. Aperture ovate, elongated, angled posteriorly, round anteriorly; columella with one tiny, hardly visible fold.
 
Above : a specimen collected in beach drift, Il-Bajja s-Sabiħa, Birżebbuġa, southeastern coast of Malta. 1,3mm. Original pictures provided by A. Nappo (IT) – (CC BY-NC-SA). With Sfax, Iskenderun or Piraeus, Birżebbuġa is one of the major commercial harbours of Mediterranean. Its waters host many indo-pacific species, which are not found eastwards before turkish or levantine coasts.