11.1 Malacology
11.1.1 Technology
11.1.2 Molluscan Research Productivity
11.2 Some Areas of Research Focus, Now and in the Future
11.2.1 Provision of Basic Knowledge
11.2.2 Genomics
11.2.3 Evolutionary and Ecological Development
11.2.4 Ecology
11.2.5 Physiology Studies
11.2.6 Endocrine System
11.3 Molluscs as Model Organisms
11.4 Molluscan Ontology
11.5 The Future