List of U.S. state shells
This is a list of official state shells for States of the USA that have chosen one as part of their state insignia.[1]
These are seashells. They are the shells of various marine mollusks, gastropod and bivalves. They represent a maritime state.
| State | Shell | Image | Year designated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | Johnstone's Junonia Scaphella junonia subspecies johnstoneae |
1990[2] | |
| Connecticut | Eastern Oyster Crassostrea virginica |
1989 | |
| Florida | Horse Conch Pleuroploca gigantea |
 |
1969 |
| Georgia | Knobbed Whelk Busycon carica |
 |
1987 |
| Massachusetts | Wrinkled Whelk Neptunea lyrata decemcostata |
 |
1987 |
| Mississippi | Eastern Oyster |
Crassostrea virginica |
1974 |
| New Jersey | Knobbed Whelk Busycon carica |
|
1995 |
| New York | Bay Scallop Argopecten irradians |
1988 | |
| North Carolina | Scotch bonnet Semicassis granulata |
1965[3] | |
| Oregon | Oregon Hairy Triton Fusitriton oregonensis |
 |
1989 |
| Rhode Island | Northern Quahog Mercenaria mercenaria |
 |
1987 |
| South Carolina | Lettered Olive Oliva sayana |
1984 | |
| Texas | Lightning Whelk Busycon perversum subspecies pulleyi |
1987 | |
| Virginia | Eastern Oyster Crassostrea virginica |
1974 |
List Of U.S. State Shells Media
A shell of the volute gastropod Scaphella junonia trawled by a shrimp boat off of the SW coast of Florida. Shell approximately 11 centimeters long, 4.5 centimeters wide.
A fossil specimen of Crassostrea virginica, Location and age unknown. Photographed at the North Seattle Lapidary and Mineral Club Show.
shell of Channeled whelk Busycotypus canaliculatus. The source of white wampum beads. Photographed by A. R. Dugmore.
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A fossil specimen of Crassostrea virginica, Location and age unknown. Photographed at the North Seattle Lapidary and Mineral Club Show.
A live individual of Argopecten irradians, the Atlantic Bay scallop, photographed at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole
Semicassis Granulata Apertural
References
- ↑ "List of all state shells". Archived from the original on 2007-07-31. Retrieved 2011-08-16.
- ↑ "Alabama Shell". Alabama Emblems, Symbols and Honors. Alabama Department of Archives & History. 2001-07-12. Archived from the original on 2007-08-01. Retrieved 2007-03-20.
- ↑ "Official State Symbols of North Carolina". North Carolina State Library (State of North Carolina). Archived from the original on 2012-07-10. https://www.webcitation.org/693rdHira?url=http://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/NC/SYMBOLS/SYMBOLS.HTM. Retrieved 2008-01-26.