Definition of "malacology"
malacology
noun
uncountable
(zoology) The study of molluscs.
Quotations
The first steps in the age determination of mammals by the number of annual layers were made when, in ichthyology and malacology, it has already become to routine practice to use annual layers for ageing animals and for back-calculating the growth of individuals.
1995, Galina A. Klevezal, M.V. Mina, Recording Structures of Mammals, page 231