The first Rumphius 'slit shell was kept at a museum in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, in the 18th and 19th centuries. Around 1936, two more were discovered in Japan and the Philippines, but sadly both were destroyed during World War II.
18 至 19 世紀，第一枚被發現的龍宮貝收藏在荷蘭鹿特丹博物館；1936 年前後，在日本及菲律賓又找到兩枚龍宮貝，卻不幸在二次大戰時炸毀了。