cepealove
Achatina achatina
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Post by cepealove on Jul 21, 2010 11:39:52 GMT
Is it possible ive got an albino? Shes a chestnut brown nemoralis but shes got a creme/white skin is it possible shes albino?
Renamed and moved to right place. - CroSSLeSS
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Post by fabrizio on Jul 30, 2010 16:39:14 GMT
Hi cepaealove, such discrepancies are sometimes observed in snail colouration, shell can be whitish and foot dark or vice-versa... These make good subjects for genetic study I believe, as well as optimal candidates for selecting some new beautiful breeds -Sadly it has died, by now; but last year I found, in a batch of aspersa sold at the supermarket as "gastronomy snails", a really lovely specimen with a withish shell, and a rather dark foot...
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