Changes in organic storage compounds during the active and inactive periods in a desert snail, Sphincterochila prophetarum

Abstract

1. 1. S. prophetarum uses during the aestivation periods of summer and winter only 33% and 22%, respectively, of the total organic storage content, even though the summer aestivation period is much longer. 2. 2. During the long summer aestivation period the snails use a small amount, 0.2% per day, of the different organic storage materials.