In the darkness, Areop-Enap explored the clam's insides, and found a tiny snail (or in some accounts, a Triton's Horn shellfish).
In 1994, Australia proposed that Charonia tritonis should be put on the CITES list, thereby attempting to protect the species.
The Giant Conch Shell (Charonia tritonis) is customarily used as a horn by indigenous Fijians to herald important events such as the birth and death of a high ranking chief.