It is a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Aeolidiidae.
Baeolidia benteva was described from the Caribbean Sea and is currently considered to be a synonym of this species.
[3] Carmona et al.[4] considered S. dakariensis to be a nomen dubium since “some forms of Spurilla neapolitana, Spurilla sp.
Additionally, it has been shown that the radular morphology of aeolidiids does not allow unequivocal identification of species.
"[5][6] The maximum recorded body length is 19 mm.