In the 1960s, the Taiwan Provincial Museum (located in what is now 228 Memorial Park) had held an exhibit of Rumphius 'slit shells that created quite a stir.
早在民國 50 年代，座落在現在 228 紀念公園的省立博物館，曾展示過一顆龍宮貝活體，轟動一時，因此漁民們多少還知道龍宮貝身價不凡。