original description
Dall, W. H. (1907). A review of the American Volutidae. <em>Smithsonian Miscellanous Collections.</em> 48(3): 341-373., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29986467 [details]
basis of record
Bail, P.; Poppe, G.T. (2001). A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. <em>ConchBooks, Hackenheim.</em> 30 pp, 5 pl. (updated October 2008 for WoRMS). [details]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Monospecific. Shell rather small. Protoconch large. Deep suture forming a subsutural ramp. [details]