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Instructions to Authors 
General and theoretical papers relating to molluscs are welcome.Papers concerning specific 
geographical areas or new taxa should be restricted to the Indo-West Pacific region, as well as 
Australasia and the southern oceans. Papers received will be considered for publication at any time. 
Long papers and monographs may be published as special issues of Molluscan Research. 
Papers are considered on the understanding they not have been published elsewhere and if accepted 
for publication in Molluscan Research will not be subsequently submitted elsewhere. 
АП manuscripts must be submitted in English. 
1. Papers submitted for publication shall be prepared following the format of the current issue of 
Molluscan Research. All papers will be peer reviewed by two referees before acceptance by the 
Editor, and upon acceptance all copyright the property of the Society. 
2. Manuscripts, three copies of which should be submitted, should be double-spaced throughout, 
typewritten on one side of A4 paper, leaving top, bottom and margins of at least 3 cm. Right margins 
should not be justified. The first page of the manuscript should have the title, author's name and 
address, and a running head. The remainder of the manuscript should normally be arranged with the 
following components: abstract, materials and methods, results, discussion, literature cited, tables 
and figures. Manuscripts of 6 manuscript pages or less can be presented as shorter contributions and 
the headings eliminated. 
3. Latin names of genera and species and Latin words and abbreviations (et al., e.g., etc.) should be 
in italics, but nothing else. Symbols and abbreviations should conform with those recommended in 
the Royal Society's General Notes on the Preparation of Scientific Papers (London, Cambridge 
University Press). The first mention in the text of the scientific name of a species should be 
accompanied by the author and date. Metric and Celsius units must be used. 
4. Text figures should be of good contrast, mounted, and of such size that they can be reduced 
satisfactorily to a maximum width of 14 cm. Black and white photographs for reproduction as 
halftone plates should be mounted, glossy prints showing good detail and moderate contrast; full 
plate size will be 22 by 14 cm. A size measurement should be included on the photograph; 
magnifications cannot be given in the figure heading. Color photographs can be published at author's 
expense. Figures must be submitted in final form, ready for publication. 
5. References should be listed alphabetically at the end of the paper in the form: 
Shepherd, S. A. and Cannon, J. 1988. Studies on southern Australian abalone (genus Haliotis). X. 
Food and feeding of juveniles. Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 9: 21-26. 
Kohn, A. J. and Amalsi, K. N. 1993. Comparative ecology of a biogeographically heterogeneous 
Conus assemblage. Pp. 523-538. In: Wells, F. E., Walker, D. I., Kirkman, H. and Lethbridge, R. The 
Marine Flora and Fauna of Rottnest Island, Western Australia. Western Australian Museum, Perth. 
Short, J. W. and Potter, D. G. 1987. Shells of Queensland and the Great Barrier Reef. Marine 
Gastropods. Golden Press, Drummoyne, NSW. 
Titles of periodicals should not be abbreviated.In the text references should be cited with the year of 
publication, e.g. Shepherd and Cannon (1988). 
6. Papers describing new species and subspecies will not be accepted for publication unless primary 
type material, and preferably paratypes, is deposited in a recognized public museum and the museum 
registration numbers quoted. Type localities should be defined as accurately as possible. Descriptions 
must conform with the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. 
