« Whorles eight, convex, finely and closely striated in a transverse direction; striae slightly waved, and crossed by very minute longitudinal lines. Bands on the lower whorle six, narrow, disposed in pairs, brown, irregularly spotted with white, gradually disappearing on the upper ones. Columella smooth, white; aperture horn-coloured; lip white, slightly thickened and reflected at the margin. Canal very short, with a slight tinge of violet behind it. » – E. T. Bennett: “Description of an hitherto unpublished species of Buccinum, recently discovered at Cork”, The zoological Journal vol. I, London 1824-1825, via BHL.

« Inhabits the harbour of Cork.– Of this pretty and interesting addition to the list of British shells, only three specimens have yet been found, for one of which I am indebted to the kindness of my friend, Mr. John D. Humphreys of Cork, a very assiduous and intelligent Conchologist, by whom it was first pointed out as a distinct species. » – E. T. Bennett: op. cit.

« The whole of the specimens were alive when brought to Mr. Humphreys, whose name I have commemorated in the specific appellation. They exhibit slight vestiges of an epidermis, which seems however to have been rubbed off by the fishermen, probably with the design of rendering the shell more attractive. » – E. T. Bennett: op. cit.