An extremely variable species, with many synonyms: candida, costulata, elegans, fulva, lineolata, madeirensis, phasianella, pulchella, signata, tenuis, variabile… – 8m deep, Ix-Xemxija, San Pawl il-Baħar, N. Malta. 12-14mm.

« …its general colour is whitish; the transversal striae are complemented by very thin rufous lines, and all of them are dotted with pure white; some dots of a rusty or blueish brown colour punctuated with white form areas on the upper part of each whorl; the right margin is toothed inside and stained with brown outside; the columella is pure white. […] I dedicated it to Mr. Cuvier, professor in the Jardin du Roi and permanent secretary of the Academy of Sciences. » – Ibid. p.163.