” I said, displaying the subject of my triumph.
“But that’s simply an olive shell of the ‘tent olive’ species, genus Oliva, order Pectinibranchia, class Gastropoda, branch Mollusca—”
“Yes, yes, Conseil! But instead of coiling from right to left, this olive shell rolls from left to right!”
“It can’t be!” Conseil exclaimed.
“Yes, my boy, it’s a left-handed shell!”
“A left-handed shell!” Conseil repeated, his heart pounding.
” I said, displaying the subject of my triumph.
“But that’s simply an olive shell of the ‘tent olive’ species, genus Oliva, order Pectinibranchia, class Gastropoda, branch Mollusca—”
“Yes, yes, Conseil! But instead of coiling from right to left, this olive shell rolls from left to right!”
“It can’t be!” Conseil exclaimed.
“Yes, my boy, it’s a left-handed shell!”
“A left-handed shell!” Conseil repeated, his heart pounding.