« Shell: reaching 1.4 x 1.4 mm, of 3 whorls, with moderately high spire and large body whorl. Protoconch ca. 1 whorl, with irregular anastomosing lines. Surface of teleoconch whorls with spiral microsculpture showing faintly under the stereomicroscope, best seen under SEM […]. First teleoconch whorl (except subsutural area) with 6-7 spiral cords, narrower than interspaces, gradually replaced on later whorls by spiral rows of tiny punctures. Body whorl with rows of punctures gradually replaced by faint spiral striae around the umbilical area.Umbilical chink very narrow , bordered by a sharp keel. Aperture rounded. Outer lip and growth lines showing three shallow sinuosities, one next to the suture, one equatorially and one anteriorly. Shell colour: protoconch opaque white. Colour pattern of teleoconch whorls with pink or pale orange pink pattern, on a translucent background, and opaque white areas. Pink pattern of dots arranged along two intersecting orientations. Irregular white areas extending over large surfaces on some specimens » – S. Gofas: “Notes on some Ibero-Moroccan and Mediterranean Tricolia with description of new species”, Journal of Molluscan Studies (1993), 59, p.358.