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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 
Kingdom Animalia -- Animal, animals, animaux
  Phylum Mollusca
Class Gastropoda Cuvier, 1797 -- caracol, caramujo, escargots, gastéropodes, gastropods, lesma, limaces, slugs, snails
Order Neogastropoda
Family Volutidae Rafinesque, 1815
Genus Scaphella
Species Scaphella junonia johnstoneae

 

 

 

 

 

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