EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -Conchology (from Ancient Greek (kónkhos) ‘cockle’, and-logy) 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.

Detailed explanation-2: -Malacology, the scientific study of molluscs as living organisms, has a branch devoted to the study of shells, and this is called conchology-although these terms used to be, and to a minor extent still are, used interchangeably, even by scientists (this is more common in Europe).

Detailed explanation-3: -One of these scientific pursuits was conchology-the study and collection of marine, freshwater and terrestrial shells.

Detailed explanation-4: -What do you do? I’m a malacologist: a scientist who studies mollusks-animals like squids and octopuses, snails and slugs, and clams and mussels.

Detailed explanation-5: -conchologist (plural conchologists) One who collects shells, especially for the purpose of scientific study.