title: Storage excretion in the Indian apple snail, Pila globosa (Swainson), during aestivation.
abstract: Uric acid accumulates in several tissues of the Indian apple snail, P. globosa, during aestivation. This accumulation is particularly high in the foot muscle and reproductive organs. Since the kidney, a tiny organ in the snail, has only a limited capacity to store uric acid, extrarenal tissues are used as storage depots of uric acid during aestivation. It is suggested that the aestivating snail, faced with a cleidoic situation, resorts to storage excretion, a phenomenon well documented in insects.
mesh_terms: D000222:Adaptation, Physiological; D000818:Animals; D004956:Estivation; D007668:Kidney / Q000378:metabolism*; D012621:Seasons; D012908:Snails / Q000378:metabolism*; D014018:Tissue Distribution; D014508:Urea / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D014508:Urea