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.

These are seashells. They are the shells of various marine mollusks, gastropod and bivalves. They represent a maritime state.

 State   Shell  Image  Year designatedAlabama Johnstone's JunoniaScaphella junonia subspecies johnstoneae   1990Connecticut Eastern Oyster  Crassostrea virginica    1989Florida Horse Conch  Pleuroploca gigantea  200px  1969Georgia Knobbed Whelk  Busycon carica   200px  1987Massachusetts Wrinkled Whelk  Neptunea lyrata decemcostata200px  1987Mississippi Eastern Oyster  Crassostrea virginica  1974New Jersey Knobbed Whelk  Busycon carica  200px  1995New York Bay Scallop   Argopecten irradians    1988North Carolina Scotch bonnet   Semicassis granulata    1965Oregon Oregon Hairy Triton   Fusitriton oregonensis  200px  1989Rhode Island Northern Quahog   Mercenaria mercenaria  200px  1987South Carolina Lettered Olive   Oliva sayana    1984Texas  Lightning Whelk  Busycon perversum subspecies pulleyi   1987Virginia Eastern Oyster  Crassostrea virginica  1974

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