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Subject:	What does an unpigmented mollusc look like anyway??
From:	Ross Mayhew <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Conchologists of America List <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Fri, 22 Oct 1999 01:42:42 -0300
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Bob Lipe wrote:
> Just one question.  Has anyone ever seen an "albino" > shell with an > albino animal.  Some animals are white naturally. > I'm talking about the > animals that are naturally colored...>

This brings up the question: would an unpigmented mollusc animal
actually be white?  Might not the flesh have color(s) unrelated to pigmentation?

also: could there be two pigmentation systems in some or most molluscs
- one for shell, one for body?  Then, the shell could be albino,
without the body being likewise!!

Cheers,
Ross.

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