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The Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum opened to the public in 1995, and operates as an information and reference center for national and international scientists, students, and shell enthusiasts, particularly those who are interested in the marine, terrestrial, and freshwater mollusks of the Gulf of Mexico and Florida.
Scaphella junonia is found throughout Florida to Texas and the Gulf of Mexico. [1] [3] A subspecies, Scaphella junonia johnstoneae, is found off of Alabama [1] and is the state shell of that state. [4] It is named for Kathleen Yerger Johnstone, an amateur conchologist from Alabama who published two books on seashell collecting. [5]
Gulf Islands National Seashore map. Gulf Islands National Seashore is an American National seashore that offers recreation opportunities and preserves natural and historic resources along the Gulf of Mexico barrier islands of Florida and Mississippi. In 2023, it was the fifth-most visited unit of the National Park Service.
A view looking north on the beach at West Gulf Drive Beach access point #7, Sanibel, Lee County, Florida. The whitish objects are all shells, and so are some of the brown objects. Sanibel's beaches attract visitors from all around the world, partly because of the large quantities of seashells that wash up there. Many sand dollars can be found ...
The area around where Three Rooker Island appeared had little sand available for deposition on shoals and barriers in the middle of the 20th century. There was sand on the Gulf bottom, but it was anchored by beds of seagrass that extended almost up to the surf zone. In, or shortly after, 1960, the sea grass disappeared, and the bottom sand ...
Gulf Breeze - Santa Rosa-Swift Creek culture shell ring. [75] Hammock Point - Santa Rosa-Swift Creek culture shell ring. [75] Horseshoe Bayou - Santa Rosa-Swift Creek culture shell ring. [76] Meig's Pasture (8OK102) Late Archaic ring, but little shell. [77] Strange Bayou - Santa Rosa-Swift Creek culture shell ring. [75]
Naples, Florida has a starfish problem -- but not the kind you're used to seeing.This isn't your average Patrick Starfish! These sea creatures are known as 9-armed sea stars, and thy look a bit ...
Chart of Shell Key. Shell Key Preserve is an 1,800-acre preserve located on Shell Key in Tierra Verde, Pinellas County in the U.S. state of Florida.The preserve protects sensitive marine habitats and includes one of the county's largest undeveloped barrier islands as well as numerous mangrove islands and expansive sea grass beds.