Scaphella junonia, common names the junonia, or Juno's volute, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes. This species lives in water from 29 m to 126 m depth in the tropical Western Atlantic. Because of its deepwater habitat, the shell usually only washes up onto beaches after strong storms, or hurricanes. The species is named after the ancient Roman goddess Juno. Distribution Scaphella junonia is found throughout Florida to Texas and the Gulf of Mexico. A subspecies, Scaphella junonia johnstoneae, is found off of Alabama and is the state shell of that state. It is named for Kathleen Yerger Johnstone, an amateur conchologist from Alabama who published two books on seashell collecting. Another subspecies, Scaphella junonia butleri, is found off of the Yucatan.Shell description The largest recorded shell of Scaphella junonia is 154 mm in length. The shell is cream in color with about 12 spiral rows of...