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
StateShellImageYear designated
Alabama
Johnstone's junonia

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

Crassostrea virginica

1989
Delaware Channeled whelk

Busycotypus canaliculatus		2014[3]
Florida Horse conch

Triplofusus papillosus		1969[4]
Georgia Knobbed whelk

Busycon carica		1987[5]
Massachusetts New England Neptune

Neptunea lyrata ssp. decemcostata		1987[6]
Mississippi
Eastern oyster

Crassostrea virginica		1974[7]
New Jersey Knobbed whelk

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

Argopecten irradians		1988[9]
North Carolina Scotch bonnet

Semicassis granulata		1965[10]
Oregon Oregon hairy triton

Fusitriton oregonensis		1989[11]
Rhode Island Quahaug

Mercenaria mercenaria		1987[12]
South Carolina Lettered olive

Oliva sayana		1984[13]
Texas
Lightning whelk

Sinistrofulgur perversum ssp. pulleyi
1987[14]
Virginia
Eastern oyster

Crassostrea virginica
1974[15]

See also

References
  1. List of all state shells http://www.jaxshells.org/listing.htm
  2. "Alabama Shell". Alabama Emblems, Symbols and Honors. Alabama Department of Archives & History. 2001-07-12. Retrieved 2007-03-20.
  3. https://delcode.delaware.gov/sessionlaws/ga147/chp215.shtml
  4. https://dos.myflorida.com/florida-facts/florida-state-symbols/state-shell/
  5. https://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/topics/government/article/georgia-state-symbols/georgia-state-seashell-knobbed-whelk
  6. https://www.sec.state.ma.us/cis/cismaf/mf1a.htm
  7. https://web.archive.org/web/20170513055930/http://www.ms.gov/content/Pages/Symbols.aspx
  8. http://hdl.handle.net/10929/50436
  9. https://www.dos.ny.gov/kids_room/508/symbols2.html
  10. "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.
  11. https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors186.html
  12. https://www.ri.gov/facts/factsfigures.php
  13. https://www.scstatehouse.gov/studentpage/coolstuff/animals.shtml
  14. https://www.tsl.texas.gov/ref/abouttx/symbols.html
  15. https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title1/chapter5/section1-510/
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