Or even a live sand dollar, which some states ban you ... The Jersey Shore is home to an array of diverse and striking sea shells. That includes the knobbed whelk, the official state shell of ...

A hermit crab trundles across a beach in Japan's Okinawa, carrying its home on its back: not a shell, but a disintegrating ... changing the ways animals live and travel, according to scientists.

Successful applicants had to live in the town ... almost 85 tons of sea urchin shells in the town are discarded locally every year. Recycling the shells has proven difficult.