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The literature on cold resistance of molluscs deals almost exclusively with marine species (Kanwisher, 1955; Williams, 1970; Theede, 1972). Several marine lamellibranchs and gastropods tolerate the formation of ice in the tissues up to about 67% of their total water content. In freezing resistant intertidal molluscs this value is reached only at very low temperatures and after long periods of frost.
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Stöver, H. (1973). Cold Resistance and Freezing in Arianta arbustorum L. (Pulmonata). In: Wieser, W. (eds) Effects of Temperature on Ectothermic Organisms. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-65703-0_25
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