Shell is elliptic in frontal view, hemispherical in lateral view. Dorsal surface is covered with relatively flat mineral particles (crystalline quartz) giving a smooth surface, ventral surface thicker than the rest of the shell. Aperture is central, circular, not or only weakly invaginated. Ecology: soils. Monospecific. Type species: Ellipsopyxella regularis Bonnet, 1975