« This species bears simple transversal striae, weak and devoid of granulations; it is longitudinally striped with brown and olivaceous white, or it is of a pale pink with violaceous reddish lines; the aperture is white; the two columellar teeth are small; the labial margin is wrinkled. I dedicated it to Mr. Adrien de Jussieu, professor in the Royal garden. » – B. C. Payraudeau: Cat. descr. et méthodique des annelides et des mollusques de l’île de Corse, Paris 1826, p.136.