Scaphella junonia · Volutidae
How to identify a junonia
Slender spindle shape, glossy cream base with regular rows of dark brown rectangular spots.
- Cream-white base with chocolate spot rows
- Elongated fusiform spire
- Deep-water origin — usually washed in after storms
- Family
- Volutidae
- Class
- Gastropod
- Regions
- Gulf Coast
- Habitat
- Offshore · Post Storm Strand
- Collector level
- Advanced
The 'holy grail' of Sanibel shelling — genuinely uncommon; most finds follow storm surges.
In your journal
- Junonias reward patience — record the exact wrack-line span you searched.
- Note whether the specimen is fresh (glossy) or beach-worn — both tell a story.