Hi,
It was a north-facing window and the whole shell
is white with a very slight pinkish tinge on the
spire ridges and in the aperature. The coloring is
very even...I'm inclined to believe it's a true
albino. It wasn't there very long anyway. You know
shell collectors - I spotted it from a block away
as soon as they put it in the storefront (my internal
shell radar).
Peter
 
 
 
>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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