EFFECT OF DESICCATION ON THE WATER ECONOMY OF TERRESTRIAL GASTROPODS OF DIFFERENT PHYLOGENETIC ORIGINS: A PROSOBRANCH (POMATIAS GLAUCUS) AND TWO PULMONATES (SPHINCTEROCHILA CARIOSA AND HELIX ENGADDENSIS)

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