malacology

Malacology^[1] is the branch of invertebrate zoology which deals with the study of mollusca (mollusks or molluscs), the second-largest phylum of animals in terms of described species^[2] after the arthropods. One division of malacology, conchology, is devoted to the study of mollusk shells.

Those who study malacology are known as malacologists.

Fields of malacological research include taxonomy, ecology and evolution. Applied malacology studies medical, veterinary, and agricultural applications, for example mollusks as vectors of disease, as in schistosomiasis.

Archaeology employs malacology to understand the evolution of the climate, the biota of the area, and the usage of the site.

In 1794, the first compilation of mollusks was published^{[citation needed]}. In 1868, the German Malacological Society was founded.

Societies

• American Malacological Society
• Association of Polish Malacologists (Stowarzyszenie Malakologów Polskich)
• Belgian Malacological Society (Société Belge de Malacologie) - French speaking
• Belgian Society for Conchology (Belgische Vereniging voor Conchyliologie) - Dutch speaking
• Conchological Society of Great Britain and Ireland
• Conchologists of America
• Dutch Malacological Society (Nederlandse Malacologische Vereniging)
• Estonian Malacological Society (Eesti Malakoloogia Ühing)
• European Quaternary Malacologists
• Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society
• German Malacological Society (Deutsche Malakozoologische Gesellschaft)
• Italian Malacological Society (Società Italiana di Malacologia)
• Malacological Society of Australasia
• Malacological Society of London
• Malacological Society of the Philippines, Inc.
• Spanish Malacological Society (Sociedad Española de Malacología)
• Western Society of Malacologists

Journals

• American Malacological Bulletin [1]
• Basteria [2]
• Fish & Shellfish Immunology [3]
• Folia Malacologica [4]
• Journal of Conchology [5]
• Journal of Medical and Applied Malacology
• Journal of Molluscan Studies [6]
• Malacologia [7]
• Malacological Review [8]
• Mollusca [9]
• The Nautilus [10] - since 1886 published by Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum. First two volumes were published under name The Conchologists’ Exchange.
• The Veliger [11]
• Venus (Japanese Journal of Malacology) [12]
• Vita Marina [13]

Further bibliographic detail

• Editors are L R Cox and J F Peake Proceedings of the First European Malacological Congress September 17-21 1962. Text in English with black and white photographic reproductions, also maps and diagrams. ^[3]
• D. Heppel, "The long dawn of Malacology: a brief history of malacology from prehistory to the year 1800." Archives of Natural History 22 (3): 301–319 (October 1995).

References

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