The hydrobiid Fontelicella intermedia occurs at Garfield Beach, Great Salt Lake. So at least one mollusc can live there. It just can't order coffee.

G. Thomas Watters, PhD
Curator of Molluscs
Department of Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology
The Ohio State University
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From: Conchologists List [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of steve rosenthal [[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Monday, July 07, 2014 2:06 PM
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Subject: Re: [CONCH-L] Alaska

although I knew it was a longshot, I did try to see if there were any
mollusks around Great Salt Lake, nope, just thousands and thousands of
tiger beetles.  Sand is sand.

On 7/7/14, Marien Faber <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Alaska and Texas are the only states on salt water where I haven’t
> collected!
> How about Utah?
> Cheers,
> Marien
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> Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2014 12:47:15 -0400
> From: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [CONCH-L] Alaska
> To: [log in to unmask]
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> Does anyone know where I might go shelling in Skagway or Ketchikan, Alaska
> from a cruise ship? How about any shell collectors there or in Juneau?
> Alaska and Texas are the only states on salt water where I haven’t
> collected!
> Peggy Williams
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