Close to R. torquilla but differs in some points: « (1)the greater slenderness; (2) the more expanded aperture; (3) the somewhat higher number of ribbed whorls […] (5) the colour, longitudinal zigzag colour lines seem absent among R.  aartseni; instead, straight colour lines can be seen between the ribs of some specimens; (6) the presence of punctate spiral striae on the lowermost part of some shells. » – A. Verduin: “On the taxonomy and variability of recent European and North African species of the subgenera Apicularia and Goniostoma of the genus Rissoa”, Basteria 49, 1985, p.106. Above: two shells from Kerkennah. 6,5-7mm.

« Dr. J-J. van Aartsen drew my attention to the fact that the name Rissoa monterosatoi Pallary, 1906, is preoccupied by Rissoa (Alvania) monterosatoi P. Fischer, 1877. Therefore, I now propose the replacement name R. aartseni, after my good friend, whose vast knowledge of, and whose contributions to, the European marine malacology I greatly appreciate. » – Ibid.