« Testa conico-cylindracea, solidula, sordide albescens; anfractus 8, complanati, turriti et sensim descredentes, longitudinaliter notati 16 obliquis costellis qui 3 majoribus et 1 minore costellis transversim decussati sunt, duobus superioribus caeteros anfractus subtus circumornantibus, basi testae glabro; apex prominulus; sutura profunda; apertura ovalis, 1/4 testae subaequans, subtus parum effusa aut subcanaliculata; peristoma aliquantulum incrassatum ad columellam; umbilicus nullus. » – J. G. Jeffreys: “On the recent species of Odostomia, a genus of gasteropodous mollusks inhabiting the seas of Great Britain and Ireland”, Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser.2-v.2, p. 345.
 
The species on WoRMS. – Left: small specimen (2,2mm) from soft bottom, 3-4m deep, La Goulette, Tunisia. Original picture provided by M. Antit (CC BY-NC-SA). – Right: large specimen from Laredo. Original picture provided by J. Trausel and F. Slieker, Natural History Museum Rotterdam – (CC BY-NC-SA). The two spiral cords above the suture are distinctive.