Submission Preparation Checklist

• The manuscript should be sent only in ENGLISH,

• The contribution must be original and unpublished, and must not be submitted to another journal.

• The submission file is in Microsoft Word.

• URLs for references should informed when possible.

• The journal reserves the right to perform normalization, orthographical and grammar changes in order to maintain the academic level of the language whenever possible, respecting author style. But the authors are responsible to maintain a correct English grammar.

• All submitted articles will be peer reviewed.

Author Guidelines

SUBMISSION OF MANUSCRIPTS

• You must correctly complete all fields for each AUTHOR: Name, Middle Name, Last Name, Email, ORCID (if there is), URL (if there is), Institution/Affiliation, Country, and Biography Summary.

• Manuscripts should be sent in the format “.DOCX”.

• Always keep updated the email and the address of the author(s) or corresponding.

• Authors may suggest potential reviewers.

MANUSCRIPT FORMAT

• Follow the format of a recent published paper in the periodical.

• The journal reserves the right to perform normalization, orthographical and grammar changes in order to maintain the academic level of the language whenever possible, respecting author style. Despite the author is responsible for the English accuracy

• No abbreviations of journal titles and other information will be allowed in the bibliographic reference.

Copyright Notice

Responsibility: The scientific content and the opinions expressed in the manuscript are the sole responsibility of the author(s).

Privacy Statement

The names and email addresses entered in this journal site will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of this journal and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party.

Luiz Ricardo L. Simone

lrsimone@usp.br; lrlsimone@gmail.com

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Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo

Serviços Invertebrados - Malacologia

Avenida Nazaré, 481, Ipiranga,

CEP 04263-000

São Paulo - São Paulo