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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. It includes the study of land and freshwater mollusc shells as well as seashells and extends to the study of a gastropod's operculum.
The Registry of World Record Size Shells is a conchological work listing the largest (and in some cases smallest) verified shell specimens of various marine molluscan taxa.A successor to the earlier World Size Records of Robert J. L. Wagner and R. Tucker Abbott, it has been published on a semi-regular basis since 1997, changing ownership and publisher a number of times.
When the word "seashells" refers only to the shells of marine mollusks, then studying seashells is part of conchology.Conchologists or serious collectors who have a scientific bias are in general careful not to disturb living populations and habitats: even though they may collect a few live animals, most responsible collectors do not often over-collect or otherwise disturb ecosystems.
The Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum & Aquarium is a museum and aquarium devoted to every aspect of seashells, conchology, and malacology, ...
Xenophoridae belongs to the superfamily Stromboidea, which also includes the true conchs (). [2] It had previously been placed in a monotypic superfamily, Xenophoroidea, [3] but placement in Stromboidea is supported by behavioral, [4] anatomical, [5] and genetic data. [6]
Conchology, or the natural history of shells containing a new arrangement of the genera and species, illustrated by coloured engravings, executed from the natural specimens and including the latest discoveries. London : W. Miller 4 pp., 62 pls. [pl. 47, fig. 3] (as Trochus elatus, misidentification cf. Hedley's notes)
Abbott was one of the most prominent conchologists of the 20th century. He brought the study of seashells to the public with his works, including most notably: American Seashells (1954), Seashells of the World (1962), The Shell (1972), and The Kingdom of the Seashell (1972). He was an active member of the American Malacological Union and ...
conchology Guido T. Poppe (born 11 September 1954) [ 1 ] is a Belgian malacologist , shell dealer and author of more than 60 books and publications about shells, mainly about the families Volutidae and Trochidae .