All snails were dead in the absence of the host in five months.The larval preference on Porites and the adult recognition of coral tissues are mechanism of host specificity.

• 幼生会选择微孔珊瑚以及成螺有辨识微孔珊瑚的能力是造成紫口珊瑚螺分布专一性的机制，此外成螺辨识微孔珊瑚的能力是受到珊瑚组织的影响。