Do you know Georgia’s official state seashell? It’s the shell of the knobbed whelk, a large sea snail common in coastal waters along the state’s seashore. Its beautiful, spiraled shell is a familiar ...

Delaware has a state bird, a state bug and a state fish. But until last year, there was no state sea shell. Then, 13-year-old Allyson Willis, a seventh-grader at Redding Middle School, came along and ...

What is a “mermaid’s necklace”? The beach comber’s find commonly called a “mermaid’s necklace” is actually the egg case of an aquatic snail known as a whelk. In this area, whelks lay egg cases twice a ...

Collecting seashells at the shore is a favorite summer pastime – but do you know what you’re collecting? “You could find up to 50 different kinds of shells on our region’s beaches,” said Amanda ...