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https://cdn.scencyclopedia.org/sce/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/14141749/lettered-olive-03.jpg800600State shell. The lettered olive (Oliva sayana) was declared the official state shell in legislation approved by Governor Richard Riley on May 8, 1984. In the act, legislators described the South Carolina coast as “one of the most widely promoted areas . . . for recreation and tourism” and noted that shelling along the state’s […]