Can they breed?

[felix93]

Can an Albino Archachatina Marginata and an Ovum Archachatina Marginata mate at all? *Sorry if you think this question is dumb, but I really want to know, thanks. *

[sezzy5889]

yes i should think so

[sonicsnail]

Yup, snails can sometimes cross breed.

[Paul]

It's not technically crossbreeding because variants which marginata, ovum and suturalis are, are really just variations in appearance that have standardised in certain areas, perhaps where they were cut off from other populations. Same goes for albino snails, they still have compatible sexual organs, they just lack pigment.

[felix93]

So if the breeding is successful, will the babies infertile or they are just like the same margies? And will it have like half half chance to get either albino and ovum?

[sonicsnail]

admin said:

It's not technically crossbreeding because variants which marginata, ovum and suturalis are, are really just variations in appearance

Ohhhhh....

[Paul]

felix93 said:

So if the breeding is successful, will the babies infertile or they are just like the same margies? And will it have like half half chance to get either albino and ovum?

Well, in a normal margie/albino ovum pairing the eggs and resulting babies will be fertile. Albinoism is a recessive trait so it is unlikely you will get any albino babies unless the normal margie carries this gene.

If it does then you may get an even split of albinos and normal babies. If it doesn't you won't get any unless you are lucky enough to get a genetic throw-back.

[felix93]

Thanks Paul, so basically just they will get the darker genes if there is no throw back albino genes in the normal margie. I am asking is because I don't know which tank I should put the margie I received this morning in.

[Paul]

That's basically it yes, it could be more complicated as there could well be more than one gene at work.