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    Land snails such as Helix, Cernuella, Theba, Helicella, Achatina and Otala species aestivate, or enter a period of dormancy, during hot weather by moving into shaded areas or climbing plants and structures; this habit has caused some introduced snail species to be considered agricultural nuisances. To prevent water loss, pulmonate land snails secrete a dried mucus membrane called an epiphragm over their shell opening, and in some species like Helix pomatia, this barrier contains calcium carbonate and resembles an operculum except for a small hole; aestivating snails also decrease their metabolic rate and water loss.

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    Land snails such as Helix, Cernuella, Theba, Helicella, Achatina and Otala species aestivate, or enter a period of dormancy, during hot weather by moving into shaded areas or climbing plants and structures; this habit has caused some introduced snail species to be considered agricultural nuisances. To prevent water loss, pulmonate land snails secrete a dried mucus membrane called an epiphragm over their shell opening, and in some species like Helix pomatia, this barrier contains calcium carbonate and resembles an operculum except for a small hole; aestivating snails also decrease their metabolic rate and water loss.

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    Molluscs: Helix Cernuella Theba Helicella Achatina Otala

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    Land snails such as Helix, Cernuella, Theba, Helicella, Achatina and Otala species aestivate, or enter a period of dormancy, during hot weather by moving into shaded areas or climbing plants and structures; this habit has caused some introduced snail species to be considered agricultural nuisances. To prevent water loss, pulmonate land snails secrete a dried mucus membrane called an epiphragm over their shell opening, and in some species like Helix pomatia, this barrier contains calcium carbonate and resembles an operculum except for a small hole; aestivating snails also decrease their metabolic rate and water loss.

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    Gastropoda: Some air-breathing land snails, including species in the genera Helix, Cernuella, Theba, Helicella, Achatina and Otala, commonly aestivate during periods of heat. Some species move into shaded vegetation or rubble. Others climb up tall plants, including crop species as well as bushes and trees, and will also climb man-made structures such as posts, fences, etc. The habit of climbing vegetation to aestivate has caused more than one introduced snail species to be declared an agricultural nuisance. To seal the opening to their shell to prevent water loss, pulmonate land snails secrete a membrane of dried mucus called an epiphragm. In certain species, such as Helix pomatia, this barrier is reinforced with calcium carbonate, and thus it superficially resembles anoperculum, except that it has a tiny hole to allow some oxygen exchange.[citation needed] There is decrease in metabolic rate and reduced rate of water loss in aestivating snails like Rhagada tescorum,[2] Sphincterochila boissieri and others.

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