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The study of slugs

Limacology (from Latin limax, "slug", and Greek -λογία, -logia) is the branch of zoology which deals with slugs, i.e. shell-less gastropod mollusks. A person that studies limacology is referred to as a limacologist.

However, slugs are an extremely polyphyletic group, thus "limacology" is not a taxonomically accurate term, and it is now rarely used.

See also

Further reading

Taylor, John; Roebuck, William; Ashford, Charles (1907). Monograph of the Land & Freshwater Mollusca of the British Isle. Taylor Brothers.

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