List of U.S. state shells

This is a list of official state shells for those states of the United States that have chosen to select one as part of their state insignia.[1]

These are seashells, the shells of various marine mollusks including both gastropod and bivalves. Each one was chosen to represent a maritime state, based on the fact that the species occurs in that state and was considered suitable to represent the state, either because of the species' commercial importance as a local seafood item, or because of its beauty, rarity, exceptional size, or other features.

Table

State	Shell	Year designated
Alabama	Johnstone's junonia Scaphella junonia ssp. johnstoneae	1990[2]
Connecticut	Eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica	1989
Florida	Horse conch Triplofusus papillosus	1969
Georgia	Knobbed whelk Busycon carica	1987
Massachusetts	Wrinkled whelk or New England Neptune Neptunea lyrata ssp. 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 or Prickly whelk Sinistrofulgur perversum ssp. pulleyi	1989
Virginia	Eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica	1974

References

List of all state shells http://www.jaxshells.org/listing.htm
"Alabama Shell". Alabama Emblems, Symbols and Honors. Alabama Department of Archives & History. 2001-07-12. Retrieved 2007-03-20.
"Official State Symbols of North Carolina". North Carolina State Library. State of North Carolina. Archived from the original on 2008-02-06. Retrieved 2008-01-26.

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Media related to Mollusca of the United States at Wikimedia Commons

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