Kaplan-Meier survival curves in the E1 phase (left) and E2 phase (right).

<p>The complete data relate to the death snails, whereas the censored data are associated with the living individuals.</p

Photograph of different types of shell damages (indicated with arrows) in <i>C. aspersus</i> sub-adults.

<p>A) Irregular edges around the aperture; B) Shell erosion along the suture line; C) Thinned, fragile, and irregular edges around the aperture and broken apex.</p

Mean (and SD) for SW in snails exposed to Cd-spiked soils.

<p>Marked boxes (*) indicate significant differences as compared to the reference group (Dunnet’s test, p < 0.05).</p><p>Mean (and SD) for SW in snails exposed to Cd-spiked soils.</p

Mean (and SD) for RSH in snails exposed to Cd-spiked soils.

<p>Mean (and SD) for RSH in snails exposed to Cd-spiked soils.</p

Snail survival in percentage and mean survival time (and SD) for each Cd treatment.

<p>Marked boxes (*) indicate significant differences as compared to the reference group (Breslow’s test, p < 0.05).</p><p>Snail survival in percentage and mean survival time (and SD) for each Cd treatment.</p