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Malacology

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What is Malacology?

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What is MALACOLOGY? What does MALACOLOGY mean? MALACOLOGY meaning, definition & explanation

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Exploring the new Strake Hall of Malacology at the Museum of Natural Science

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My life as a Malacologist.mov

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Malacology 101: Giant African Land Snails

Malacology is the branch of invertebrate zoology that deals with the study of the Mollusca, the second-largest phylum of animals in terms of described species after the arthropods. Mollusks include snails and slugs, clams, octopus and squid, and numerous other kinds, many of which have shells. One division of malacology, conchology, is devoted to the study of mollusk shells. Malacology derives from Greek μαλακός, malakos, "soft"; and -λογία, -logia.