Cathaica

作者指南  Authors Guidelines

Cathaica publishes original research on molluscs and related invertebrates, particularly in taxonomy, systematics, phylogeny, biodiversity and related fields. Revision papers, descriptions of new taxa, redescriptions of little-known taxa, illustrated keys, new national or provincial records, and biogeography are welcome. Due to the limited knowledge of Asian molluscan taxonomy and fauna, manuscripts on anatomical reports, fauna investigation and field trip results are also encouraged.

《贝类多样性研究》发行软体动物及其近缘无脊椎动物之原创研究，尤其在分类学、系统学、系统发育及相关领域。欢迎如下论文：修订、描述新分类单元、重描述鲜为人知的分类单元、图示检索表、国家级或省级新记录与生物地理。亚洲软体动物的分类学和动物区系知识有限，因此也鼓励提供解剖学报告、动物区系调查和实地野外考察记录等方面的稿件。

Languages: The official language of the journal is English or Chinese, and all studies should be written in clear and concise English or Chinese.

语言：期刊的官方语言是英语或中文，所有研究都应该用清晰简洁的英语或中文书写。

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Title, Author Information, Abstract, Keywords and Running Title

标题、作者信息、摘要、关键词和页眉标题

The title should be informative and briefly reflect the content of the manuscript. Full names and affiliations of all authors including ORCID links and e-mail addresses are required. The abstract should summarize the manuscript content in not more than 250 words. Standard nomenclature should be used, and abbreviations should be avoided in abstracts. Up to 10 keywords should be presented. In addition, a short “Running Title” should be provided.

标题应包含足够的信息，并简要反映稿件内容。需要提供所有作者的全名和所属机构，包括 ORCID 链接和电子邮件地址。摘要应在​​不超过 250 个字的范围内总结稿件内容。应使用标准命名法，摘要中应避免使用缩写。应提供不超过 10 个关键词。此外，还应提供简短的“页眉标题”。对于英文提交的手稿，请主动提供中文版本的标题、作者信息、摘要、关键词，中文的摘要不应该是英文摘要的直接翻译，而应该提供更有信息的内容以供更广泛的读者理解。

Attention 1! There is only one China in the world, and Taiwan is an inseparable part of China! All manuscripts must treat Taiwan as a province of China, OR your submission will be ignored!

注意 1！世界上只有一个中国，台湾是中国不可分割的一部分！所有稿件必须将台湾作为中国的一个省份对待，否则您的投稿将被无视！

Attention 2! The territorial scope of China shall be subject to the 2023 standard map released by the Ministry of Natural Resources of China. 

注意 2！中国领土范围以中国自然资源部发布的2023年版标准地图为准。

Attention 3! For the translation of personal names from countries such as China, North Korea, South Korea, Vietnam, etc., use “-” to separate different characters in the first name. For example, Wu-Kong Sun. If the Chinese surname is a double surname, do not split it or capitalize the first letter of the second character. For example, Xuan-Yuan Gongsun. 

注意 3！对于来自中国、朝鲜、韩国、越南等国的人名翻译，统一使用“-”隔开名中的不同字，例如孙悟空之英文应写为Wu-Kong Sun。若中文姓氏是复姓的，不要进行拆分或将第二个字的首字母大写，例如公孙轩辕之英文应写为Xuan-Yuan Gongsun。

Attention 4! Title, author information, abstract and keywords in Chinese must be provided for a text written in English, and vice versa (The Editorial Board will translate these for non-Chinese authors for free).

注意 4！英文文本必须提供中文的标题、作者信息、摘要与关键字，反之亦然（编委会将免费为非中文作者翻译这些内容）。

General format

正文格式

A research article should include: Introduction, Materials and methods, Results (and/or Systematics), (Discussion), Acknowledgements, References.

研究论文请包含：引言、材料与方法、研究结果、讨论、致谢、参考文献。

Please objectively describe the findings and significance of the manuscript in the Introduction and Discussion sections. Avoid using phrases such as “filling a gap” when describing species distribution or statements like “advancing biodiversity progress” in manuscripts just describing multiple new species. Additionally, do not make any arbitrary predictions about the conservation status of species without objective data support (e.g., assessing species status based on IUCN Red List categories and criteria).

请在Introduction和Discussion中客观描述文章的发现和价值。请勿在描述物种分布范围中使用“填补了空白”、在数个新种的手稿中使用“推进了生物多样性的进展”等叙述方式，亦请勿在没有客观数据支持的情况下（如使用IUCN红色名录的濒危等级和标准对物种进行评估）对物种的受迫状态进行任何武断的预测。

Taxonomic Treatment

分类学处理

Any taxonomic treatment should follow the latest version of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. Names of genera and species must be in italics and abbreviations for new taxa names and nomenclatural acts in bold (e.g., gen. nov., sp. nov., syn. nov., comb. nov.). The fully written author name and description year are required at the first mention of a species (e.g., Helicostoa liuae Zhang, Shi & Chen, 2024). The original literature for all taxa mentioned in the text should be included in the references (except for articles mainly on ecology).

任何分类处理都应遵循最新版本的《国际动物命名法规》。属名和种名必须用斜体表示，新分类名和命名法的缩写用粗体表示（例如，gen. nov.、sp. nov.、syn. nov.、comb. nov.）。行文中第一次提及物种时，需要写出完整的作者姓名和描述年份（例如，Helicostoa liuae Zhang, Shi & Chen, 2024）。行文中提及的所有分类阶元的原始文献均应被包含在参考文献中（主题为生态学的文章除外）。

Deposition of specimens

标本的存放

Authors must deposit type specimens in national or international public museums or collections. Authors are also advised to request registration numbers of deposited material in advance of the acceptance of papers to avoid unnecessary delay of publication. Some countries (e.g. Australia) require that primary type specimens be deposited in collections of the country of origin; authors are advised to take this into consideration.

作者必须将模式标本存放在国家或国际公共博物馆或收藏馆。我们建议作者在论文录用前申请寄存材料的注册编号，以避免不必要的出版延误。请作者考虑将主要模式标本存放在原产国的收藏馆中。

References

参考文献

Citation of references in the text should follow this example:

文内引用示例:

Diplommatinidae are a group of operculated micro land snails widely distributed across the Asian Continent, Indo-Pacific Islands, North Australia and South America (Kobelt, 1902; Egorov, 2013; Martins & Simone, 2014). The family has a long geological history and has been reported from 100-million-year-old Burmese amber, as reviewed by Balashov (2021). There have been limited phylogenetic studies of relationships within the Diplommatinidae (Webster et al., 2012; Liew et al., 2014; Liew & Clements, 2020) and there is clear evidence that, as currently recognized, some of the diplommatinid genera, notably Diplommatina Benson, 1849, are not monophyletic (Webster et al., 2012).

Format of references

参考文献格式

The following reference format was first proposed by Dr. Cheng-Bin Wang and slightly modified by this journal. For books and journal articles published in multiple volumes or parts, select the part related to the text. The year or month information in square brackets can be omitted.

以下参考文献格式由王成斌博士首次提出，本刊略作修改。对于多卷或者分部分出版的书籍和期刊文章，选择与行文有关的部分即可，方括号中的年份和/或月份信息可以省去。

Attention 5! References that can be written in Chinese (including Kanji if possible) from the original text must be provided. But keep using Western punctuation (including colons and brackets).

注意 5！对于原文中提供了中文（可能的情况下包含日语字符）的参考文献，必须提供参考文献的原始中文写法。但保持使用西文标点符号（包括冒号和括号）。

A) Journal paper:

Benson, W. H. (1842) Mollusca. In: T. Cantor, General features of Chusan, with remarks on the flora and fauna of that island. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 9 (60): 486–490.

Möllendorff, O. F. von. (1875) Chinesische Landschnecken. Jahrbücher der deutschen malakozoologischen Gesellschaft, 2: 118–135. 

Ancey, C. F. (1887) Description of new genera or subgenera of Helicidæ. The Conchologists' Exchange. 1(9–10): 53–54 [30 April]; 1(11): 64 [May]; 1(12): 75–76 [28 June]; 2(2):22–23 [August]; 2(3): 38–39 [September].

Chen, D.-N., Liu, Y.-H., Xu, W.-X. & Yan, Y.-G. (1994) Two new species of land snails from China (Prosobranchia: Mesogastropoda: Cyclephoridae). Sinozoologia, 11: 43–46. [陈德牛, 刘延虹, 许文贤, 闫勇敢. (1994) 中国陆生贝类二新种 (前鳃亚纲: 中腹足目: 环口螺科). 动物学集刊, 11: 43–46.] 

Li, Y., Zhou, W.-C. & Luo, T.-C (2005): A new species of Cyclophoridae from Guizhou Province, China, (Prosobranchia: Mesogastropoda: Cyclophoridae). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica, 30 (1): 67–69. [黎艳, 周卫川, 罗泰昌. (2005) 贵州环口螺科一新种 (前鳃亚纲: 中腹足目: 环口螺科). 动物分类学报, 30 (1): 67–69.]

Lee, Y.-C. & Wu, W.-L. (2005) Two New species of Diplommatinidae (Prosobranchia) from high mountain of North Taiwan. Bulletin of Malacology, 29: 43–48. [李彥錚, 巫文隆 (2005) 二種北台灣高山產新種芝麻蝸牛. 貝類學報, 29: 43–48.]

Minato, H. (2024) Two New Species of Diplommatina (Caenogastropoda: Diplommatinidae) from Limestone Regions of Kochi Prefecture, Japan. Venus, 82 (1–4): 15–23. [湊宏 (2024) 高知県の石灰岩地で採集されたゴマガイ属の2 新種 (新生腹足類：ゴマガイ科). Venus, 82 (1–4): 15–23.]

B) Book chapter:

Greķe, K. (2017) Taxonomic review of Diplommatinidae (Caenogastropoda) from Wallacea and the Papuan Region. In: Telnov, D., Barclay, M. V. L. & Pauwels, O. S. G. (Eds) Biodiversity, Biogeography and Nature Conservation in Wallacea and New Guinea, III. The Entomological Society of Latvia, Rīga, pp. 151–316, pls. 19–47.

Liu, Y.-Y, Zhang, W.-Z., Duan, Y.-H. & Wang, Y.-X. (1997) Freshwater Molluscs in Wuling Mountains Area, China. In: Song, D.-X. (ed) Invertebrates of the Wuling Mountains Area in Southwest China [translated from Chinese title]. Science Press, Beijing,  pp. 348–370. [刘月英, 张文珍, 段毅豪, 王耀先 (1997) 武陵山地区的淡水软体动物. 见: 宋大祥 (主编) 西南武陵山地区无脊椎动物. 科学出版社, 北京, pp. 348–370.]

C) Book:

Godwin-Austen, H. H. (1882-1920) Land and freshwater Mollusca of India, including South Arabia, Baluchistan, Afghanistan, Kashmir, Nepal, Burmah, Pegu, Tenasserim, Malay Peninsula, Ceylon, and other islands of the Indian Ocean. Supplementary to Messrs. Theobald and Hanley's Conchologia Indica. Taylor & Francis, London, Vol. 1(1): i–iv, 1–18, pls 1–4 [February 1882]; 1(2): 19–66, pls 5–12 [July 1882]; 1(3): 67–94, pls 13–21 [January 1883]; 1(4): pls 22–42 [September 1883], 95–164 [October 1883]; 1(5): pls 43–51 [June 1884], 165–206 [May 1886]; 1(6): pls 52–62 [September 1887], 207–257 [April 1888]. Volume 2(7): 1–46, pls 63–69 [October 1897]; 2(8): 47–86, pls 70–82 [January 1898]; 2(9): 87–146, pls 83–100 [November 1899]; 2(10): 147–238, pls 101–117 [April 1907]; 2(11): 239–310, pls 118–132 [March 1910]; 2(12): 311–442, pls 133–158 [December 1914]. Volume 3(1): 1–65, pls 159–165 [November 1920].

Kerney, M. P. & Cameron, R. A. D. (1979) A Field Guide to the Land Snails of Britain and North-west Europe. Collins, London, 288 pp.

Wu, M. (2018) Fauna Sinica. Invertebrata Vol. 58. Mollusca, Gastropoda, Enoidea. Science Press, Beijing, ix + 282pp., 6 pls. [吴岷 (2018) 中国动物志. 无脊椎动物 第五十八卷. 软体动物门, 腹足纲, 艾纳螺总科. 科学出版社, 北京, ix + 282pp., 6 pls.]

D) Internet resources:

MolluscaBase eds. (2024) MolluscaBase. Available from: https://www.molluscabase.org (2024-10-28). doi:10.14284/448

Smith AB (2002) Title of website, database or other resources. Publisher name, location (if indicated), number of pages (if known). Available from: http://xxx.xxx.xxx/ (Date of access).

Others

Dissertations resulting from graduate studies and non-serial proceedings of conferences/symposia are to be treated as books and cited as such. Papers not cited must not be listed in the references.

由研究生学习而产生的学位论文和非连续出版的会议/研讨会论文集应被视为书籍，并按照书籍引用。未被引用的论文不得列入参考文献。

For websites, it is important to include the last date when you see that site, as it can be moved or deleted from that address in the future.

对于网站引用，必须注明最后访问该网站的日期，因为该网址可能会在未来被移动或删除。

Attention 6! Journal titles must be written in full (not abbreviated).

注意 6！期刊名称必须完整书写（不可缩写）。

Attention 7! Journal titles are followed by a “,” and volume numbers are followed by a “:”.

注意 7！期刊名称后需加逗号“,”，卷号后需加冒号“:”。

Attention 8! Page ranges and plate ranges are connected by n dash “–” , not the hyphen “-”, which is used to connect two words.

注意 8！页码范围和图版范围应使用短横线“–”连接，而不是用于连接两个词的连字符“-”。

Figure Plates

Drawings, photographs, maps and graphs are considered as figures. Figures should be labelled using Arabic numbers or capital letters and referred to in the text as Fig. 1, Fig. 2, or Fig. 1A, Fig. 1B, etc. Preparing figure plates on a separate page using Adobe Photoshop, Inkscape, GIMP, CorelDraw or similar programs is preferred. Electronic formats of figures should be in JPEG or TIFF  (minimum 300 dpi resolution for jpeg) and maximum size 17x21 cm.

绘图、照片、地图等均视为图表。图表应使用阿拉伯数字或大写字母标记，并在文中引用为 Fig. 1、Fig. 2 或Fig. 1A、Fig. 1B 等。最好使用 Adob​​e Photoshop、Inkscape、GIMP、CorelDraw 或类似程序在单独的页面上准备图版。图表的电子格式应为 JPEG 或 TIFF（jpeg 的最低分辨率为 300 dpi），最大尺寸为 17x21 厘米。

Figures or figure plates should be uploaded journal as supplementary material individually and not inserted text part of manuscript. One figure or figure plate should not exceed 20 MB.

图或图版应作为补充材料单独上传到期刊，而不是插入稿件的文本部分。一个图表或图版不应超过 20 MB。

Figure captions should be arranged following the example below and typed in the word document:

图表标题应按照以下示例排列，并输入到 word 文档中：

FIGURE 1. Diplommatina amungme sp. nov., holotype. A. shell, B. internal structure observed through the translucent shell. green dotted line: constriction, white dotted line: columellaris.

FIGURE 1. Details of Sohtsuia diting gen. & sp. nov. Internal structure (A–C), outer (D) and inner (E) surfaces of operculum. Arrows indicate the palatal fold at the constriction.

It is not recommended to number figures consecutively and allocate them to different plates throughout the content, i.e. Figure 1–5, Figure 6–11.

不推荐对图进行连续编号并将其分配到全文的不同图版中。

Tables: Tables should not repeat data given in the text and should be limited in size and typed single-spaced. The legends must be clear, concise and allow a full understanding. Tables should be labelled using Arabic numbers and referred to in the text as Table 1, Table 2, etc. Tables must fit the size of a vertical page and not exceed its size. Tables should not be inserted text part of manuscript, they should be placed after references.

表格：表格不应重复文本中给出的数据，且应限制大小，并采用单倍行距排版。图例必须清晰、简洁，以便读者充分理解。表格应使用阿拉伯数字标记，并在文本中以“Table 1”、“Table 2”等形式引用。表格必须适合纵向页面的大小，并且不得超过其大小。表格不应插入稿件的文本部分，而应放在参考文献之后。

Publication Fees: Publishing in Cathaica is free of page charge.

出版费用：在《贝类多样性研究》上出版免收版面费。

Fully Open Access: Cathaica is a nonprofit, fully open access and very rapidly published online journal, allowing for immediate free access to the work and permitting any user to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of articles, crawl them for indexing, pass them as data to software, or use them for any other lawful purpose.

完全开放获取：《贝类多样性研究》是一个非营利、完全开放获取并且快速发布的在线期刊，允许用户立即免费访问文章，任何用户都可以阅读、下载、复制、分发、打印、搜索或链接到文章的完整文本，进行索引爬取，作为数据传递给软件，或用于任何其他合法目的。

Submission of Manuscripts: Manuscripts should be submitted by e-mail as attachments to cathaica.journal@gmail.com.

稿件提交：稿件应以附件形式通过电子邮件提交至cathaica.journal@gmail.com。