noun. The collection and study of mollusk shells.

noun. The science of shells and shell-fish.

noun. The word came into use when mollusks were chiefly studied with reference to their shells. Since increased attention has been given to the structure of the soft parts of mollusks, the term conchology is frequently replaced by malacology (which see). Shells were formerly divided into three orders, univalves, bivalves, and multivalves, according to the number of parts of which they are composed.

noun. The science of Mollusca, and of the shells which they form; malacology.

noun. the study of molluscs and their shells

noun. the hobby of shell collecting

noun. the collection and study of mollusc shells

"In the end, the natural-history collection earned the approval of some of America’s top scientists, including Silliman, who praised Wood’s thoroughness: “Mr. Wood was indefatigable for many months in completing the herpetology of China; the conchology is fully represented,” and there are “some remarkably fine carbonates of copper, both nodular and radiated.”"

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aggregation  assembling  collecting  collection  malacology  

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