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Casey3

He has a beautiful shell. Poor little snail!

Cross eyed , Albino snail

Thnx Katara.

Cool

Fascinating!

yes indeed ,it is a true case of survival against all odds!

Thanks for adding it to my Mission, it's got 2 special characteristics cant say many animals survive with that but this one did!

Keith ,this albino Roman snail with fused eye stalks is one of a kind! Thanks for your mission on color morphs.

@Keith http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/664... After seeing the above link , I am more sure that we have an albino!!

The snail looks healthy so I don't think it affected it though if snails could be cross eyed this one would be that.

and they are fused! Poor snail!

I didn't even notice that good point, but those are not antennae they are eye stalks the snails eyes.

and for that reason I tend to agree that this is an Albino.Rare. Thnx again.

@ Keith ,another unusual feature that I noticed in this snail is that it's two antenna are fused together. My conclusion is that this snail is abnormal.

Mark Ridgway

Yep a good read - shell and body colours via separate genetic control ! That's just great. Thanks.

But then this link shows that Helix Pomata colors could be similar too. http://www.manandmollusc.net/taxonomy.html

Keith ,.that is a great link and great pic of Albino!!

Thnx Keith and Argy,very intriguing for me! i also found this Albino shell. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/8022729

Apparently shell color and body color come from two different sources so it's possible. http://petsnails.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=print&thread=11221

Mark Ridgway

If it's albino wouldn't the shell also be white?

Who would have thought that a snail could be an Albino! What next!

Keithp2012,thanks! I have been puzzling over this for long. i will add it to rare color morphs mission!

I think it has an albino body color

p.young713

Interesting Emma!

I was reading about snails in California and we do have Helix Aspera here . Helix pomatia was brought in by the French for eating purposes. However not many people liked its taste . Therefore they were released in the wild where they bred wildly. I am planning on rereading about Snails. i am just surprised to see so many sp. Yesterday I saw a tiny brown snail with a pure gold shell. It was only bright gold and shimmering! I took a pic . But the shimmering shell was creating a dazzle in the pic. Am a little confused . But thanks so much for your feedback about Helix Pomatia!!

@ Emma: I just learned that Helix aspersa is more common in the Mediterranean and Atlantic coast. It is also the one usually bred for eating or as pet, instead of the Helix pomatia. However, I'm not sure about the brown snail (it was identified as helix aspersa, too), maybe they can vary in color depending on which substrate they live and what they feed on.

@ Meik ,thanks so much . What is so unusual is that i was able to open the link in my gmail account but I could not open it on Project Noah!

Here comes the link again http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/6605301 If it still doesn't work, it is the snail in my spottings. Cheers.

@ Meik ,yes the link did not open! The third type we have in which the shell is the same ,but the snail is brown in color. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/6615741

AlexKonig

@meik your link doesn't work, "page doesnt exist" had i also several times, since then i make ( ? ) it so. "klammer, freiezeile,link,freie...,klammer'

@ Emma wow that's interesting, I have never seen that kind of pattern on the Roman snails we have here. However, appart from that it looks pretty similar. The ones you find in Germany mostly look like this http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/660...

@ Meik this snail has a white body too but the pattern on its shell is different. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/6646127

http://seesdifferent.wordpress.com/2007/08/08/northern-california-garden-snails-are-escargot/

@ meik,that is an excellent observation! Yes the parent rock here is Limestone!! However what is confusing me is that the shell design and the color of the snail is so much different! Do juveniles have different colorations as in other species!! Great to here from you Meik. Feedback as great as always!!