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24 July 2020 Record of an Albino Land Snail Euhadra quaesita
Masaaki Yamagishi, Shun Ito, Junji Konuma
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Abstract

Albino land snails are rare in the wild. Here we report finding an individual Euhadra quaesita quaesita (Deshayes, 1850) showing total albinism. In contrast to the mosaic of dark and light-brown bumps on the soft body of wild-type E. quaesita quaesita, the soft body of the albino individual was white or pale yellow, except for the head wart. We hypothesize the color of the head wart is derived from sex hormones as melanin pigments were lost in head-wart epithelial cells. Finding an albino E. quaesita quaesita opens opportunities for multiple new lines of inquiry.

Masaaki Yamagishi, Shun Ito, and Junji Konuma "Record of an Albino Land Snail Euhadra quaesita," American Malacological Bulletin 38(1), 60-62, (24 July 2020). https://doi.org/10.4003/006.038.0105
Received: 12 April 2020; Accepted: 7 May 2020; Published: 24 July 2020
KEYWORDS
Albino
color variation
Euhadra
head wart
soft body
total albinism
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