Lettered Olive

South Carolina State Shell

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Lettered olive shells (Oliva sayana)

Lettered olive shells (Oliva sayana); photo by Edwardtbabinski on Wikipedia (use permitted with attribution / share alike: CC BY-SA 3.0).

Lettered Olive

South Carolina designated the lettered olive (Oliva Sayana) as the official state shell in 1984. An early pioneer in conchology (Dr. Edmund Ravenel of Charleston, South Carolina) found and named the lettered olive seashell. Lettered olives are prolific along the South Carolina coast.

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Images

Lettered olive shell (Oliva sayana); photo by mwms1916 on Flickr (noncommercial use permitted with attribution / no derivative works).

Lettered olive shell (Oliva sayana)

Lettered olive shells (Oliva sayana); photo by Jason Adams on Flickr (noncommercial use permitted with attribution / share alike).

Lettered olive shells (Oliva sayana)

Videos

Nature Notes State Shells - Lettered Olive (SC) and Scotch Bonnet (NC)