Malacology
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Malacology is the branch of invertebrate zoology that deals with the study of mollusks, the second-largest phylum of animals in terms of described species.[1]
One division of malacology, conchology, is devoted to the study of shelled mollusks.
Fields of malacological research inlcude taxonomy, ecology, and evolution. Applied malacology uses malacology in medical, veterinary, and agricultural applications, such as mollusks as mediators of disease, such as schistosomiasis.
In archaeology, malacology is currently employed 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. In 1868 the German Malacozoological Company was founded.
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[edit] Societies
- American Malacological Society
- Association of Polish Malacologists (Stowarzyszenie Malakologów Polskich)
- Belgian Malacological Society (Société Belge de Malacologie)
- Conchologists of America
- Dutch Malacological Society (Nederlandse Malacologische Vereniging)
- Estonian Malacological Society (Eesti Malakoloogia Ühing)
- European Quaternary Malacologists
- Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society
- Italian Malacological Society (Società Italiana di Malacologia)
- Malacological Society of Australasia
- Malacological Society of London
- Western Society of Malacologists
[edit] Journals
- Basteria
- Fish & Shellfish Immunology
- Folia Malacologica
- Journal of Molluscan Studies
- Vita Marina
- Journal of Medical and Applied Malacology
[edit] Further reading
- 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).
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