v. 2 n. 1 (2018): Pesquisa e Ensino em Ciências Exatas e da Natureza

The cover photo shows some of the species of benthic mollusks belonging to the class Gastropoda collected by Gernet et al. in Farol Island, a continental island located on the coast of the State of Paraná, Southern Brazil. Gernet et al. studied the diversity and composition of the marine mollusks (Bivalvia, Gastropoda, and Scaphopoda) from the Farol Island, from individuals collected in three distinct environments (open water, estuary, and sandy beach), finding a total of 91 species. Gastropoda (Mollusca class with the highest species richness) was the most abundant and diversified group representing about 90% of the species studied in Farol Island (see the full article of Gernet et al. in this issue). The photographs of the shells used on the cover were provided by the “Conquiliologistas do Brasil” (2001-2018), one of the main entities active in the field of Conquiliology in Latin America. Conquiliology is part of the Zoology that deals with the study of shells.