A beautiful specimen of Scaphella elizabethae Petuch & Sargent, 2011, personally collected from Tortuga Terrace in the Dry Tortugas, Florida. This specimen displays a clean cream-colored background with strong, well-defined dark brown spotting, an attractive orange protoconch, and a beautiful pale yellow aperture.

Specimen Data

Family: Volutidae
Species: Scaphella elizabethae
Author: Petuch & Sargent, 2011
Location: Tortuga Terrace, Dry Tortugas, Florida
Method: Baited lobster trap
Depth: 260–300 ft
Date: February 2026
Collector: Randy Rivera — F/V AVA PILAR
Measures: 95.2 mm
TSC #: 00517VOL-TSC

Condition

Very attractive specimen with excellent coloration and spotting. Perfect columellar plaits. The protoconch is intact and displays excellent orange coloration. Minor natural growth marks and imperfections may be present, normal for deep-water trap-collected specimens. Please review the detailed photographs for exact condition.

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Tortugas Shell Collection

Personally collected aboard the F/V AVA PILAR from the deep waters of Tortuga Terrace in the Dry Tortugas region of Florida. Full collection data included with the specimen.