Seashell hunters know the Outer Banks are prime turf after a storm ... details on Facebook and identified the shell as a scotch bonnet, a popular species with collectors.

Most people have never seen a Scotch Bonnet. They often wash ashore in North Carolina's Outer Banks but are rare in the rest of the state. When state representative Moncie Daniels was lobbying to ...

to protect the snail after it pulls inside the shell, experts say National Park Service photos Seashell hunters know the Outer Banks are prime ... the shell as a scotch bonnet, a popular species ...