>>> From:         Antonio Jimenez[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
>>> Sent:         zaterdag 13 februari 1999 13:55
>>> To:   [log in to unmask]
>>> Subject:      Dark molluscs
>>>
>>> Hello, all:
>>> a question: why most of the freshwater molluscs have dark shells or dark
>>> bodies?
>>> I am a recent member of the Conch-L and I am a novice and not specialized
>>> collector.
>>> Antonio Jimenez from Spain.
 
 
Planorbids have the red blood pigment haemoglobin so they usually have darker
bodies than other freshwater snails.  That, in combination with skin pigments
such as melanin, would produce dark-bodied snails.
 
Bronwen
 
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Dr Bronwen Scott                        School of Life Sciences
Lecturer, Invertebrate Biology          Victoria University of Technology
                                        St Albans Campus - S008
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                                        Victoria 8001, Australia
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