Dimitri Deheyn and Nerida Wilson, scientists at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in San Diego, California, U.S.A., found that the light produced by the snail is uniformly spread throughout the entire shell, and the shell diffuses the light ten times more efficiently than a commercial diffuser of the same thickness (. 02 inch; 0.5 mm).
Dimitri Deheyn dan Nerida Wilson, para ilmuwan di Lembaga Oseanografi Scripps di San Diego, Kalifornia, AS, mendapati bahwa cahaya yang dihasilkan oleh siput ini berpendar secara merata di seluruh permukaan cangkang, dan cangkangnya mendifusikan cahaya sepuluh kali lebih efisien daripada pendifusi komersial dengan ketebalan yang sama (0,5 milimeter).