What Is Malacology and Conchology?

Conchology (from Ancient Greek: κόγχος konkhos, "cockle") is the study of mollusc shells. Conchology is one aspect of malacology, the study of molluscs; however, malacology is the study of molluscs as whole organisms, whereas conchology is confined to the study of their shells.

What is medical malacology?

Malacology is the branch of invertebrate zoology that deals with the study of the Mollusca (mollusks or molluscs), the second-largest phylum of animals in terms of described species after the arthropods. ... Malacology derives from Greek μαλακός, malakos, "soft"; and -λογία, -logia.

What do you mean by conchology?

: a branch of zoology that deals with shells.