After the rediscovery of Röding's catalogue of his collection Museum Boltenianum sive catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa.

Pars secunda continens conchylia sive testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia, the muricid genus Nassa Röding, 1798 was given priority over the genus Nassa named by Lamarck.

96, Direction 48 (21 Nov 1956)[2] and then to Nassarius (Sphaeronassa) Locard, 1886.

The aperture is moderate, emarginate and channelled in front.

The inner lip is covered with a thin enamel, and with a prominent plait-like callosity at the hind part.