"7. PUPA GUBERNATORIA.
T. rimato-perforata, subcylindraceo-ovata, solida, striis subdistantibus, obsoletis longitudinaliter impressa, nitidula, sordide cretaceo-albida; spira sursum sensim attenuata, apice obtusa; sutura impressa, sat profunda, anfr. 9 subplanulati, embryonales 2 luteo-albidi, diaphani, sequentes opaci, ultimus subascendens, antice plicatostriatus;aperturasemi-ovalis, intus livide castaneo-fusca; perist. incrassatum, subduplex, externum albidum, reflexum, internum castaneo-fuscum, marginibus callo crasso junctis, columellari profunde et parum conspicue uniplicato; plica parietis aperturalis valida, profunda.-
Long. 23, diam. maj. 11 mill. Apert. cum perist. 9 mill 1 /2 longa, 9 lata. (Coll. Crosse et Bland.)
Var. β major, striis minus obsoletis et magis distantibus impressa; anfr. 10.- Long. 30, diam. maj. 43 mill. (Coll. Crosse et Bland.)
Hab. New Providence, insularum Bahamensium(Rawson); var. β Rocksand, Eleuthera , insularum Bahamensium (Krebs). Species P. marmoratæ Pfeifferi affinis." Crosse, 1869:186-187