List of U.S. state shells

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Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates 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] In 1965, North Carolina was the first state to designate an official state shell, the Scotch bonnet. Since then, 14 other states have designated an official state shell.

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 Image Year designated
Alabama
Johnstone's junonia

Scaphella junonia ssp. johnstoneae
 File:Scaphella junonia.jpg 1990[2]
Connecticut
Eastern oyster

Crassostrea virginica

 File:Crassostrea virginica 01.jpg 1989
Delaware Channeled whelk

Busycotypus canaliculatus		 File:Thechanneledwhelkshell.png 2014[3]
Florida Horse conch

Triplofusus papillosus		 File:Pleuroploca gigantea.jpg 1969[4]
Georgia Knobbed whelk

Busycon carica		 File:Busycon carica.jpg 1987[5]
Massachusetts New England Neptune

Neptunea lyrata ssp. decemcostata		 File:Neptunea lyrata shell.jpg 1987[6]
Mississippi
Eastern oyster

Crassostrea virginica		 File:Crassostrea virginica 01.jpg 1974[7]
New Jersey Knobbed whelk

Busycon carica ssp. gmelin		 File:Busycon carica.jpg 1995[8]
New York Bay scallop

Argopecten irradians		 File:Argopecten irradians.jpg 1988[9]
North Carolina Scotch bonnet

Semicassis granulata		 File:Semicassis Granulata Apertural.jpg 1965[10]
Oregon Oregon hairy triton

Fusitriton oregonensis		 File:Fusitriton oregonensis 3.jpg 1989[11]
Rhode Island Quahaug

Mercenaria mercenaria		 File:LittleNeck clams USDA96c1862.jpg 1987[12]
South Carolina Lettered olive

Oliva sayana		 File:Lettered olive 0015.jpg 1984[13]
Texas
Lightning whelk

Sinistrofulgur perversum ssp. pulleyi
 File:Sinistrofulgur perversum 01.jpg 1987[14]
Virginia
Eastern oyster

Crassostrea virginica
 File:Crassostrea virginica 01.jpg 1974[15]

See also

References

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External links

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  1. ↑ List of all state shells http://www.jaxshells.org/listing.htm
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