conchological

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   relating to conchology, the scientific study and classification of mollusc shells

   The expedition compared its conchological specimens with shells collected on the mainland.

Formed from conchology + -ical. Conchology combines Greek konkhē ("shell") with -logy ("study"); in nineteenth-century natural history, conchological evidence was often used to compare marine faunas and geographic provinces.

Topics