Georgia House Approves Whelk as State Seashell
Associated Press
ATLANTA —
The knobbed whelk will take its place beside the live oak, the brown thrasher and the Cherokee rose as an official state object under legislation approved Wednesday by the Georgia House. The resolution, sent to the Senate, designates the knobbed whelk as the official state seashell.
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