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Mysterious shell washes up on shore of the Outer Banks

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Mysterious Outer Banks shell A mysterious shell that washed up on the shores of the Outer Banks has park rangers stumped. (National Park Service)

By WPXI.com News Staff

OUTER BANKS, N.C. — A 3.5-inch shell found partially buried in the sands of the Outer Banks after washing up on shore is stumping officials with the National Park Service.

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Park officials said they think it is “a Cone Snail Shell.” Only there’s a problem with that idea: Cone snails don’t live along the North Carolina coast.

Do you have any ideas where it might have come from?

Shelling Saturday -- Need a bit of help identifying this shell. I **think** its a Cone Snail shell, but cannot find...

Posted by Cape Lookout National Seashore on Saturday, December 21, 2019

Here’s the location of where the shell was found:

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