« Shell conical but with a spire not much protruding. Whorls 3½, little rounded, uncoiling quickly, adorned with very dense zigzag or undulating lineoles of a dark reddish brown, standing out against the porcellanous background of the test. Last whorl big, well convex and forming on its own the ¾ of the total shell height. Aperture oblique, forming a regular oval inclined towards the base rather than horizontally elongated, and white; peristome thin, sharp; operculum solid, shiny, light reddish yellow. » – P. Pallary: “Récoltes malacologiques du capitaine Paul Martel dans la partie septentrionale du Maroc”, Journal de Conchyliologie vol.65, Paris 1920, p.154.