Junonia Scaphella junonia The Junonia is a distinctive gastropod with a cream-colored spiral shell spotted with square chestnut shaded spots. The body of this snail is mottled purple with a pattern somewhat like its shell. It grows to 4 ½ inches. It lives far from the shore at depths of 40 to 250 feet of water, so the shells rarely get washed up on the beach. Most Junonia shells for sale have been dredged up by shrimp boats. The Junonia does not have an operculum (door). They are carnivores/scavengers. It buries itself in the sand but does not extend its short siphon up to the sand’s surface. Eggs are laid in masses of joined capsules. The young emerge as small shelled snails. Live shells should never be taken from any Florida State Park.