diff --git a/libtiledbsoma/test/unit_soma_dense_ndarray.cc b/libtiledbsoma/test/unit_soma_dense_ndarray.cc
index 09db1ec5bc..c970ae8b0f 100644
--- a/libtiledbsoma/test/unit_soma_dense_ndarray.cc
+++ b/libtiledbsoma/test/unit_soma_dense_ndarray.cc
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ TEST_CASE("SOMADenseNDArray: metadata") {
     std::string uri = "mem://unit-test-dense-ndarray";
 
     auto index_columns = helper::create_column_index_info();
-    SOMASparseNDArray::create(
+    SOMADenseNDArray::create(
         uri,
         "l",
         ArrowTable(
@@ -135,6 +135,9 @@ TEST_CASE("SOMADenseNDArray: metadata") {
         ResultOrder::automatic,
         std::pair<uint64_t, uint64_t>(1, 1));
 
+    REQUIRE(soma_dense->type() == "SOMADenseNDArray");
+    REQUIRE(soma_dense->is_sparse() == false);
+
     int32_t val = 100;
     soma_dense->set_metadata("md", TILEDB_INT32, 1, &val);
     soma_dense->close();