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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. 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.

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State	Shell	Year designated
Alabama	Johnstone's junonia Scaphella junonia ssp. johnstoneae	1990
Connecticut	Eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica	1989
Delaware	Channeled whelk Busycotypus canaliculatus	2014
Florida	Horse conch Triplofusus papillosus	1969
Georgia	Knobbed whelk Busycon carica	1987
Massachusetts	New England Neptune Neptunea lyrata ssp. decemcostata	1987
Mississippi	Eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica	1974
New Jersey	Knobbed whelk Busycon carica ssp. gmelin	1995
New York	Bay scallop Argopecten irradians	1988
North Carolina	Scotch bonnet Semicassis granulata	1965
Oregon	Oregon hairy triton Fusitriton oregonensis	1989
Rhode Island	Quahaug Mercenaria mercenaria	1987
South Carolina	Lettered olive Oliva sayana	1984
Texas	Lightning whelk Sinistrofulgur perversum ssp. pulleyi	1987
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. Archived from the original on 2007-08-10. Retrieved 2007-03-20.
"Chapter - Delaware General Assembly".
"State Shell - Florida Department of State".
"Government & Politics".
"Massachusetts Facts Part One: Concise Facts". Secretary of the State of Massachusetts. Archived from the original on 2018-07-07. Retrieved 2020-07-17.
"State Symbols". www.ms.gov. Archived from the original on 13 May 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
"Session Laws of New Jersey". 1995. hdl:10929/50436.
"NYS Kids Room - State Symbols". www.dos.ny.gov. Archived from the original on 2012-02-07.
"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.
"Chapter 186".
"RIGOV".
"South Carolina State House | South Carolina State Symbols".
"Texas State Symbols - Texas State Library and Archives Commission | TSLAC".
"§ 1-510. Official emblems and designations".

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