« Cylichna cuneata: shell conoid-lengthened, grooved, whitish, transversely striated (the middle strie are more interspaced, the distal ones more numerous), humped at the base, thinned on top, and longitudinally furrowed; apex obliquely truncated, deeply perforated, elegantly crenate at the periphery; aperture straight and narrowed posteriorly, widened anteriorly; columellar margin reflected. » – N. Tiberi: “Nova Mediterranea testacea”, Journal de Conchyliologie vol. 16, Paris 1868, p.180.