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Official state symbols represent the cultural heritage
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Alabama State Shell
Johnstone's Junonia
(Scaphella junonia johnstoneae)
Adopted in 1990.
The state shell of Alabama is the Johnstone's Junonia adopted in
1990.
The Scaphella junonia johnstoneae, or Johnstone's Junonia, is an offshore seashell common to the Gulf Coast. The shell was described by a Harvard scientist, Dr. William J. Clench. He named it in honor of Kathleen Yerger Johnstone, an amatuer conchologist from Mobile, Alabama, who popularized seashells through speeches and books.
The Scaphella junonia johnstoneae was made the state shell in 1990 by Act no.90-567.
Source:
Acts of Alabama, April 19, 1990
Section 1-2-27
State shell.
The Scaphella junonia johnstoneae is hereby designated as the official shell of the State of Alabama.
(Acts 1990, No. 90-567, p. 964.)
Taxonomic Hierarchy
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Animalia -- Animal, animals, animaux |
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Mollusca |
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Gastropoda Cuvier, 1797 -- caracol, caramujo, escargots, gastéropodes, gastropods, lesma, limaces, slugs, snails |
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Neogastropoda |
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Volutidae Rafinesque, 1815 |
| Genus |
Scaphella |
| Species |
Scaphella junonia johnstoneae |
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State Symbols
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State symbols represent things that are special to a
particular state.
symbol \ˈsim-bəl\
noun
Etymology:
in sense 1, from Late Latin symbolum, from Late Greek symbolon, from Greek, token, sign; in
other senses from Latin symbolum token, sign, symbol, from Greek symbolon, literally, token
of identity verified by comparing its other half, from symballein to throw together,
compare, from syn- + ballein to throw — more at devil
Date: 15th century
1: Something that represents something else by association, resemblance, or
convention, especially a material object used to represent something invisible.
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