Grant fretted and irritated him, like the Terebratula, as a defiance of first principles.

格兰特像 Terebratula 一样烦躁和激怒他， 认为这是对第一原则的蔑视。

Much to his surprise Sir Charles told him that certain forms, like Terebratula, appeared to be identical from the beginning to the end of geological time.

令他大吃一惊的是，查尔斯爵士告诉他，某些形式，如特雷布拉图拉，从地质时代的开始到结束似乎都是相同的。

Neither in the Limulus nor in the Terebratula, nor in the Cestracion Philippi, any more than in the Pteraspis, could one conceive an ancestor, but, if one must, the choice mattered little.

无论是鲎、Terebratula、Cestracion Philippi， 还是 Pteraspis， 都不能设想一个祖先， 但是，如果必须的话， 选择无关紧要。

No one is likely to suggest a theory that man's convenience had been consulted by Nature at any time, or that Nature has consulted the convenience of any of her creations, except perhaps the Terebratula.

没有人可能会提出这样一种理论，即大自然在任何时候都考虑过人类的便利，或者大自然已经考虑过她的任何创造物的便利，也许除了 Terebratula。