« Shell elongated, glossy, with poorly convex stepped whorls that are adorned with very thin longitudinal striae visible under magnification (with the unaided eye the surface looks smooth and shiny). Columella with three plates at the base; internal surface of the labrum ornamented with creases. Colour blackish brown. […] I dedicate this small species to the memory of the Alexandrian scholar whose erudition and tragic death deserve much more than this humble tribute from a naturalist. » – P. Pallary: “Catalogue des mollusques du littoral méditerranéen de l’Égypte”, Mémoires de l’Institut d’Égypte vol. 7(3), Cairo 1914, p.89.