Ruthenica, Russian Malacological Journal [ISSN 2307-7336 (on-line version), ISSN 0136-0027 (printed version)] is published by A.N.Severtzov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of Russian Academy of Science. The journal was started in 1991 and accepts papers, dedicated to taxonomy, morphology, phylogeny, ecology, and physiology of molluscs, as well as reviews in Russian and English. Title, abstract, authors' names and addresses, figure captions and description of new taxa are bi-lingual.

Since 2008 it is an open access journal which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles in this journal without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. This is in accordance with the BOAI definition of open access. Ruthenica fully complies with the requirements of ICZN to printed and electronic publications. Registered at Zoobank: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:E6F15B26-B1E2-40D1-A4C4-0CF5BB86ABDD.

The journal is published electronically in 4 issues per year, paper copies are printed once a year.

Ruthenica is indexed in Zoological Record, SCOPUS, and Russian Index of Scientific Citation.

WEB addresses: www.ruthenica.com and biotaxa.org/Ruthenica

EDITORIAL BOARD

Editor-in-Chief

Anatolyi A. Schileyko, DSc, Prof., A.N. Severtzov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, RUSSIA

Publishing Editors

Yuri I. Kantor, DSc, A.N. Severtzov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of theRussian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, RUSSIA

Alexander E. Fedosov, PhD, A.N. Severtzov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, RUSSIA

Editors

Philippe Bouchet, DSc, Prof, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 55 rue Buffon, F-75231, Paris, FRANCE

Vyacheslav A. Bizikov, DSc, All-Russian Research Institute of Fischery and Oceanography (VNIRO), Moscow, RUSSIA

Vladimir V. Gulbin, PhD, Institute of the Marine Biology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, RUSSIA

M. G. (Jerry) Harasewych, PhD, Prof, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, 10th and Constitution Ave, NW Washington, DC 20560-0163, USA

Konstantin A. Lutaenko, PhD, Institute of the Marine Biology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, RUSSIA

Anton Oleinik, PhD, Prof, Department of Geosciences, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton FL 33431-0991, USA

Boris I. Sirenko, DSc, Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St.Petersburg, RUSSIA

Ellen E. Strong, PhD, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, 10th and Constitution Ave, NW Washington, DC 20560-0163, USA

John D. Taylor, PhD, Prof, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, LondonSW7 5BD, UK