无论曾经生活在这些壳里的生命是什么它们都已经永远的消失了，但这里总是有一些它们曾经存在过的痕迹——那些与其说是我们偶尔打扰到粘糊糊的软体动物，倒不如看成更具奇异可爱特质的小东西。

Whatever lived in these shells has long since disappeared, but there is still a sense of previous occupation—by something perhaps more exotic and lovely than the slimy mollusk we occasionally disturb.

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