R. Xomali et al., TIME-COURSE OF TISSUE-SPECIFIC METABOLISM OF THE SUBTIDAL GASTROPOD HEXAPLEX TRUNCULUS UNDER ANAEROBIC CONDITIONS, The Nautilus, 110(1), 1996, pp. 1-11
Anaerobic energy metabolism was investigated in foot, mantle and hepat
opancreas of the subtidal gastropod Hexaplex trunculus (Linne, 1758) (
=Murex trunculus). Changes in the levels of adenylates, substrates and
end products were monitored over a time course of 16 hours of anoxia.
It is suggested that unlike intertidal species, the succinate pathway
is a metabolic route of minor importance during anoxia in subtidal ga
stropods. The existence of an alternative electron acceptor, apart fro
m O-2 and fumarate, in the tissues of the subtidal gastropods under an
aerobic conditions is discussed.