Andrew and all,

It is not a real albinos, as the lip and the canal of the specimen are
colored. I remember the animal was rather pale, but not white.

For those who are interested, here is a link to some pictures of my
"albinistic" S. pugilis, with a normal one (found in the same place) for
comparaison : <www.zonatus.com/Pugilis.htm>


Regards

Bruno
www.zonatus.com

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Beware... a white shell does not mean albinism. To be sure of this
you would have to examine the animal; if unpigmented imn a
normally-pigmented species, then you could say that it is albino.
However a white shell can be produced by a nonalbinistic animal.
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