Weird babies

[CrypticDoll]

Hello,

I have snailbabies, whose parents are two Pleurodonte isabella. Now the babies are almost fully grown. And some seem to Pleurodonte sp. barbados! Part of snails is completely brown, but some are light, with one brown stripe. Why some look just like Pleurodonte sp. Barbados?

[pinkunicorn]

There might be colour variation depending on the genes of the parents and their parents. That's the only plausible thing I can think of if the species of the parents is certain. But how big is the difference? Can you post some pics?

[muddydragon]

I agree with Pinkunicorn. Are you speaking about the shell or the body? These species are notoriously variable in shell colour i have everything from completely yellow to dark brown almost black some striped some not and if looked at closely there's tons of variation and speckling going on in some individuals. The body also varies in colour usually various shades of brown/black leading to gray/whiteish edges with a pale stripe down the back of the body.

Identification of these species has been notoriously difficult and can easily get mistaken for others. For a very long time P. isabella fairly common in the pet trade was called Caracolus marginella until someone (morningcoffee i think) spotted the mistake.

I hope this helps. Pictures would help further if you are still concerned

[CrypticDoll]

Hi again,

No I got the picture:



What do you think, is the blondeshelled (and other blonde siblings) Pleurodonte sp. Barbados? Parents are Pleurodonte isabella, but why they get blondeshelled babies too... Well, are the parents hybrids? Or is it normal to get blonde babies...?

[muddydragon]

that is a normal colour variation for P. isabella

[CrypticDoll]

Yay! What is the name of the color, or does not have any?
What is the difference between sp. Barbados and blondeshelled Isabella?

[muddydragon]

the colour doesn't have a name as far as i'm aware.

Pleurodonte sp. barbados isn't a particular species. the sp. stands for species i.e. someone has a snail in the genus Pleurodonte but doesn't know what particular species it is (such as isabella, marginella etc etc. so they write sp. ) barbados is just the place it is from. i.e they are saying some species of pleurodonte from barbados

Some googling tells me P. isabella are from barbados so they could equally be written as:
Pleurodonte isabella. Barbados.

so wherever you saw Pleurodonte sp. Barbados written the person who wrote it did not know the species and it could easily be Pleurodonte isabella. (i.e. they could be the same thing as whomever wrote this did not know what they were)

[CrypticDoll]

Okay, thanks for information!

[vickyholt13]

The colour variation is lovely such a cute snail