| Name | Collection of marine molluscs |
| Alternative name | MCNB. Col. marine molluscs |
| Cite as | Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona (MCNB). Collection of marine molluscs MCNB. Col. marine molluscs |
| Description | Collection of marine molluscs consisting of dry shells (99% of lots) and whole organisms preserved in ethyl alcohol 70º. In all, there are 239,000 specimens grouped in 33,250 lots. The collection includes specimens from the classes Gastropoda, Bivalvia, Cephalopoda, Polyplacophora and Scaphopoda, above all from the first two of these classes. Most wet specimens are either Gastropoda or Cephalopoda. Wide taxonomic range of Gastropoda and Bivalvia. The geographical range of the collection covers the whole world, and also has a good selection of material from Mediterranean (above all, from Catalonia and the Balearic Islands), the Pacific and its archipelagos, and the Atlantic and Indian Oceans (above all, from South East Asia). Most of the material belongs to the Museum's historical collection (original collection of Francesc Martorell and collections of Artur Bofill, Antoni de Samà , Joan Baptista d'Aguilar-Amat, Joan Rosals, Barcelona Royal Academy of Science and the Arts, Baltasar Serradell and the Jaume Balmes Institute, amongst others). Recent donations include the collections of Luis Gasull MartÃnez and Joan Rosal i Sagalés, both with a large amount of material from the Balearic Islands and the Catalan coast. All of the collection has been registered, documented and digitalized to specimen-lot level. Data from a part of the collection can be consulted on-line on the website of the Barcelona Natural History Museum and the portal GBIF. A selection from the collection of marine molluscs has been displayed as part of the Museum's permanent exhibition. Currently, a group of 50 dry and wet lots is on display in the Museu Blau. |
| Provenance | The first specimens came from the shell collection of Francesc Martorell i Peña and were part of the original collection of the Martorell Museum (1879). Specimens of marine molluscs from the Philippine Archipelago belonging to the collection of Adolfo de Reynoso were donated a few years later (1882). Specimens from the collection of Antoni de Samà (donated around 1914) of marine molluscs from Catalonia also form part of the collection. The addition of the shell collections of Artur Bofill, Joan Baptista d'Aguilar-Amat and Joan Rosals in 1917-1920 increased the Museum's collection significantly. Further material came from other historical collections that were added subsequently, including specimens from the collections of Barcelona Royal Academy of Science and the Arts (on permanent loan to the Museum since 1925), Manuel de Chia (1923), Baltasar Serradell (1931), José Manuel Giner (1932) and the Jaume Balmes Institute (1936), amongst others. The Royal Academy’s collection also includes donations from Jaime Basté, Adolf and Eduard Cháquert, Eduard Fontseré, Eusebio Mas, José Moll and José MarÃa Salvañá. Also of interest are the donations made by collaborators and other sources related to the Museum (Marià Ferrer Bravo, Vicenta Gibert, Carmen Giménez, Goñi, J. Gros, Josep Maluquer and Santiago Novellas, amongst others). Also forming part of the collection are a few specimens from expeditions such as that led by MartÃnez de la Escalera to Equatorial Guinea (1919) and Aguilar-Amat to French Indochina (1929), as well as from the campaigns to the Spanish Protectorate in Morocco. The oldest wet specimens are part of the collection of the Oceanographic Section that was inaugurated at the beginning of 1917, which includes a group of lots from the Naples Zoological Station. Under the direction of Artur Bofill i Poch (1892-1929) and then J. B. d’Aguilar-Amat (1929-1936), the malacological section began to be reorganized and all the different collections were united and the nomenclature revised (all the original labels have been preserved). More recent additions include the collections of Luis Gasull MartÃnez (donated in 1983 when Rosario Nos was Museum Director) and of Joan Rosals i Sagalés, donated in 2000. The donation of these two collections greatly increased the Museum’s collection of marine species (especially from the Balearic Islands and Catalonia). Francesc Uribe has been curator of the Museum's non-Arthropod Invertebrate collection since 1997. During his time in charge, the registration, documentation and computerization to specimen-lot level has been completed. |
| Kingdom coverage | Animalia |
| Taxon coverage | Bivalvia (strength), Cephalopoda, Gastropoda (strength), Polyplacophora, Scaphopoda |
| Collectors | Aguilar-Amat, Joan Baptista d' Altimira Aleu, Carles Bofill i Poch, Artur Closas, J. Codina i Ferrer, Ascensi Ferrer Bravo, Marià Gabot, Laura Gasull MartÃnez, Luis Gaubin, R. P. Gibert, Vicenta Goñi Gros, Enric Gros, J. Hernández Rojo, Elisabeth Iglesias Iglesias, A. Laboratori Oceanogrà fic de Balears Maluquer, Josep MartÃnez de la Escalera, Manuel Mateu, G. Mercadal, B. Novellas Bofill, Santiago Paltré, Josep Resallt, Rafael Samà , Antoni de Torres MÃnguez, Alejandro Zariquiey, Ricardo [altres] |
| Collection type | Preserved |
| Primary purpose | Research |
| Include types | No |
| Grouping principle | Taxonomic |
| Formations periods | ca. 1882- |
| Development statuses | Passive growth |
| Collection extents | 239000 specimens, 33250 lots |
| Documentation state | Documental control of all lots (registration, inventory and computerization). Most of the material still requires revision. Identification to species level carried out according to the original documentation and labels (nomenclature updated for the samples documented with MuseumPlus). |
| Specimen preservation methods | Fluid-preserved, No Treatment |
| Preparation and conservation | Dried material boxed or wrapped up in protective material in individual containers. Periodical control of samples in liquid. Control of the environmental conditions in storage areas. Some groups of specimens such as the Luis Gasull and Joan Rosal collections have Tyvek labels. |
| McGinley conservation statuses |
Level 8
Conservation status date 29-07-2013 (dd-mm-yyyy) |
| Institution | Natural Science Museum of Barcelona - Non-Arthropod Invertebrates Department |
| Subcollections | Collection of marine molluscs from the Balearic Islands Marine molluscs collection of Luis Gasull Collection of marine molluscs from Catalonia Collection of marine molluscs from the Mediterranean Sea Collection of marine molluscs from Cuba Collection of marine molluscs from Philippines Collection of marine bivalves Cephalopods collection Polyplacophorans collection Scaphopods collection Collection of marine gastropods Marine molluscs collection of the family Nassariidae Collection of marine molluscs of Joan Rosal i Sagalés |
| Associated person | Miguel Prieto (Documentalist), Francesc Uribe (Curator), |
| Item level access | MCNB Mollusca GBIF online database (date when consulted) (accessed through GBIF data portal, http://data.gbif.org/datasets/resource/9125, 2013-09-04) Col·leccions en lÃnia de Zoologia (MCNB) / Online Zoological Collections (MCNB) |
| Related material | Bofill i Poch, A., 1917. La colecció Rosals. Anuari de la Junta de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona, 2: 193-196. Bofill i Poch, A., 1917. Moluscos ingressats en el Museu desde el mes de juny de 1916. Anuari de la Junta de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona, 2: 533-549. Bofill i Poch, A., 1918. Moluscos Ingressats en el Museu des de el 1er de juliol de 1917. Anuari de la Junta de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona, 3: 201-224. GarcÃa Franquesa, Masó Ros & Uribe Porta, 2011. MartÃnez de la Escalera en las colecciones del Museo de Ciencias Naturales de Barcelona. La expedición a Guinea Ecuatorial de 1919. In: Al encuento del naturalista Manuel MartÃnez de la Escalera: 525-534 (C. MartÃn Albadalejo & I. Izquierdo Moya, eds.). MonografÃas del Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales de Madrid (CSIC), Madrid. Gasull, L. & Cuerda, J., 1974. MalacologÃa del contenido gástrico de las grandes estrellas de mar. BoletÃn de la Sociedad de Historia Natural de Baleares, 19: 155-175. Maluquer, J., 1917. Organització i increment de la Secció Oceanogrà fica. Anuari de la Junta de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona, 2: 205-238. Maluquer, J., 1918. Les seccions ictiològica i d'invertebrats marins en 1918. Anuari de la Junta de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona, 3: 192-198. Martorell, M. & Bofill, A., 1888. Catálogo de la colección conchiológica que fué de D. Francisco Martorell y Peña legada por dicho señor á la ciudad de Barcelona y existente en el Museo Martorell de la propia ciudad. Barcelona. 94 pp. Nos, R., 1984. Homenatge del Museu de Zoologia de Barcelona a tres malacòlegs catalans. LluÃs Gasull MartÃnez, Carles Altimira Aleu i Jaume Bot Arenas. Miscel·là nia Zoològica, 8: 311-312. |
