An excitable conchologist would surely have fainted dead away before other, more numerous glass cases in which were classified specimens from the mollusk branch.

一位神经稍微锐敏一点的贝壳类专家，到了另一些陈列软体类动物标本的玻璃柜面前，一定要高兴得发昏了。

There I saw a collection of incalculable value that I haven't time to describe completely.

我这里看见的这一套标本，简直是无价之宝，时间不允许我一一加以描写。

Among these exhibits I'll mention, just for the record:

在这些珍品中，我仅仅为了备忘起见举出数种：

an elegant royal hammer shell from the Indian Ocean, whose evenly spaced white spots stood out sharply against a base of red and brown;

首先是美丽的印度洋的王槌贝，贝身上的规律白点衬着红棕色的底子，鲜明突出。

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，棘皮王风，颜色鲜艳，全身长着棘刺，是欧洲博物馆中罕有的品种，我估计它的价值为两万法郎。

a common hammer shell from the seas near Queensland, very hard to come by;

其次，新荷兰岛海中的普通糙贝，这种贝很不容易捕获。

exotic cockles from Senegal, fragile white bivalve shells that a single breath could pop like a soap bubble;

其次，塞内加尔岛的奇异唇贝，这贝的两片脆酥白壳好像是肥皂泡，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，几种爪哇伪喷水壶形贝，这种贝像是边缘有叶状皱纹的石灰质的管子，最为爱好贝壳的人所欢迎。