@article{oai:ir.kagoshima-u.ac.jp:00011337,
 author = {KAWAI, Kei},
 journal = {南太平洋海域調査研究報告=Occasional papers},
 month = {2016-10-31},
 note = {I investigated the relationship between shell color of Nerita plicata gastropods
and habitat background color in Piis and Romanum Islands, Chuuk State, Federated
States of Micronesia. The brightness of habitat background color ranged from 10 to
80, whereas the brightness of shell color varied from 40 to 98. The shell color was
usually brighter than the habitat background color, suggesting that N. plicata inhabits
backgrounds that are darker than its shell color. Only snails with brighter shell colors
inhabited brighter backgrounds. By contrast, darker backgrounds were inhabited by
snails with several types of shell color. My findings indicate that N. plicata may adapt to different environments by means of shell-color polymorphism.},
 pages = {19--22},
 title = {Shell-color polymorphism of intertidal gastropods in Chuuk State, Federated States of Micronesia},
 volume = {53},
 year = {}
}