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An excitable conchologist would surely have fainted dead away before other, more numerous glass cases in which were classified specimens from the mollusk branch.
一位神經(jīng)稍微銳敏一點(diǎn)的貝殼類專家，到了另一些陳列軟體類動(dòng)物標(biāo)本的玻璃柜面前，一定要高興得發(fā)昏了。
There I saw a collection of incalculable value that I haven't time to describe completely.
我這里看見的這一套標(biāo)本，簡(jiǎn)直是無價(jià)之寶，時(shí)間不允許我一一加以描寫。
Among these exhibits I'll mention, just for the record:
在這些珍品中，我僅僅為了備忘起見舉出數(shù)種：
an elegant royal hammer shell from the Indian Ocean, whose evenly spaced white spots stood out sharply against a base of red and brown;
首先是美麗的印度洋的王槌貝，貝身上的規(guī)律白點(diǎn)襯著紅棕色的底子，鮮明突出。
an imperial spiny oyster, brightly colored, bristling with thorns, a specimen rare to European museums, whose value I estimated at 20,000 francs;
其次，棘皮王風(fēng)，顏色鮮艷，全身長(zhǎng)著棘刺，是歐洲博物館中罕有的品種，我估計(jì)它的價(jià)值為兩萬法郎。
a common hammer shell from the seas near Queensland, very hard to come by;
其次，新荷蘭島海中的普通糙貝，這種貝很不容易捕獲。
exotic cockles from Senegal, fragile white bivalve shells that a single breath could pop like a soap bubble;
其次，塞內(nèi)加爾島的奇異唇貝，這貝的兩片脆酥白殼好像是肥皂泡，一吹就要消散似的。
several varieties of watering-pot shell from Java, a sort of limestone tube fringed with leafy folds and much fought over by collectors.
其次，幾種爪哇偽噴水壺形貝，這種貝像是邊緣有葉狀皺紋的石灰質(zhì)的管子，最為愛好貝殼的人所歡迎。
