The species is described from Canarias, with a distribution range extending to Eastern Mediterranean. Protoconch of type B. The shape in markedly pupoid. Adams mentions a brown sutural fascia, which is indeed present but rarely, and always in fresh specimens. Synonym: Odostomia macella Brugnone, whose description and drawing of the shell match more the latter than those given by Adams: « Testa minuta, subtereti, solidula, laevi, nitida; anfractibus 7-8, sutura impressa sejunctis; apertura ovato-acutiuscula; labro simplici acuto. Ultimi quatuor anfractu ejusdem diametri fere sunt, tres priores decrescunt et acuuntur. » And he adds: « Nulli aliae, prout novi, haec species adsimilatur. » – Above: 56m deep, Mljet island, Dubrovnik-Neretva Comitat, S. Croatia. 3mm. Original pictures provided by N. Lete (HR) – (CC BY-NC-SA).