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List of U.S. state shells
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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.
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State | Shell | Image | Year designated |
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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 |
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