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Subject:	Re: Albino Pleuroploca
From:	Ken Zentzis <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Conchologists of America List <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Mon, 15 Feb 1999 19:30:59 -0600
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Peter Egerton wrote:
>
> Speaking of Albino Shells,
> I have a beautiful 10" long Pleuroploca gigantea that
> I rescued from a dress shop window display (traded a
> Strombus gigas for it). It makes a great display with
> my orange-brown P. princeps (sister species)!
> Does anyone know how much the albino is worth? I've
> heard they're not common.
> Peter Egerton, Vancouver, Canada

Hi Peter,

Do you have any idea how long the shell was in the window? Direct UV light can
really fade a shell out. They may have even turned it over time to even the
sun's effects out...

Ken Zentzis
Wichita, Kansas

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