| Name | Collection of continental molluscs |
| Alternative name | MCNB. Col. continental molluscs |
| Cite as | Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona (MCNB). Collection of continental molluscs MCNB. Col. continental molluscs |
| Description | Collection of continental molluscs consisting of dry shells (94% of specimens) and whole organisms preserved in ethyl alcohol 70º and 100º. In all, there are 459,500 specimens grouped in 49,500 lots, of which 230 are type specimens. The collection includes bivalves and terrestrial (most of the specimens) and freshwater gastropods. Part of the material belongs to the Museum's historical collection (original collection of Francesc Martorell and collections of Artur Bofill, Joan Baptista d'Aguilar-Amat, Joan Rosals, Barcelona Royal Academy of Science and the Arts, Manuel de ChÃa, José Giner, Baltasar Serradell and the Jaume Bofill Institute, amongst others). There are also a lot of donations made by collaborators and from other sources related to the Museum. The most recent additions are the collections of the malacologists Luis Gasull and Miquel Bech, and the samples collected by Oleguer Escolà (mostly associated with underground habitats). Of great interest also is the abundant material from North Africa, France, Central and Eastern Europe, as well as from the Philippine archipelago and Cuba. Wide range of taxa, with a good selection of specimens from the families of the Order Stylommatophora. Almost all (98%) 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. The specimens obtained in recent years during collection campaigns and research projects have increased the proportion of wet specimens that conserve their internal anatomy. A sample of continental molluscs has been displayed in the Museum's permanent exhibition. Currently, a group of 90 dry and wet lots are on display in the Museu Blau. An important part of this collection of continental molluscs originated in the research by renown malacologists such as Artur Bofill, Joan Baptista Aguilar-Amat, Luis Gasull and Miquel Bech, mainly in the fields of taxonomy and faunistics. |
| 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). The addition of the collections of Artur Bofill, Joan Baptista d'Aguilar-Amat and Joan Rosals in 1917-1920 increased the Museum's collection of continental molluscs 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 ChÃa (1923), Baltasar Serradell (1931), José Giner (1932) and the Jaume Balmes Institute (1936). The Royal Academy's collection includes specimens donated by Artur Bofill, Eduard Cháquert and José MarÃa Salvañá. Also of great interest are the donations made by the Museum's collaborators and originating from other sources (e.g. Ascensi Codina, Francesc Español, Pius Font i Quer, Carme Gelabert, Enric Gros, Friedrich Haas and Santiago Novellas, amongst others). Specimens from North Africa include material collected by Marià Ferrer Bravo, Rafael Candel Vila, Juan Rutllant and Paul Pallary. As well, there are a few specimens that originate from Manuel MartÃnez de la Escalera's expedition to Equatorial Guinea (1919) and Aguilar-Amat's expedition to French Indochina (1929), as well as material from the Spanish Protectorate in Morocco. Other specimens are the result of donations or exchanges with other collections: W. Poliski (Poland), H. Friedrich (Munich), A. de Noronha (Madeira) and A. Caruana (Malta), amongst others. 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). The most recent additions include the collection of Luis Gasull (donated in 1983 when Rosario Nos was the director), the samples collected by Oleguer Escolà (of subterranean fauna) and the collection of Miquel Bech, donated in 2009. An important part of the collection corresponds to the research carried out by renown malacologists such as Artur Bofill, Joan Baptista d'Aguilar-Amat, Luis Gasull and Miquel Bech. The collection has also been studied by researchers such as Edmund Gittenberger, Alberto MartÃnez-Ortà and Cristian Altaba, whose work has given rise to numerous scientific publications by these and other authors in the fields of faunistics and taxonomy for, above all, the Ibero-Balear fauna, of which a number of type specimens are found in this collection. 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. It is worth highlighting studies on biodiversity and ecology by the malacologists Vicenç Bros, Jordi Cadevall, Elisabeth Hernández, Jordi Nebot and Albert Orozcothat mainly are highly relevant to the management of Catalonia's natural areas. |
| Kingdom coverage | Animalia |
| Taxon coverage | Bivalvia, Gastropoda |
| Collectors | Aguilar-Amat, Joan Baptista d' Altimira Aleu, Carles Altimiras i Roset, Jacint Bech i Taberner, Miquel Blok, A. Bofill i Poch, Artur Bolòs i Saderra, Ramon de Bros Catón, Vicenç Cadevall Solé, Jordi Candel Vila, Rafael Cazurro, Manuel Codina i Ferrer, Ascensi Escolà Boada, Oleguer Español Coll, Francesc Fadrique Chico, Florentà Ferrer Bravo, Marià Foix, Anna Font i Quer, Pius Gasull MartÃnez, LuÃs Gelabert, Carme Giménez, Carmen Gros, Enric Haas, Friedrich Hernández Rojo, Elisabeth Iglesias Iglesias, A. Kuiper, J. G. Y. Maluquer, J. MartÃnez de la Escalera, Manuel Nebot Obón, Jordi Noronha, A. de Novellas Bofill, Santiago Orozco SanchÃs, Albert Pallary, Paul Polinski, W. Torres MÃnguez, Alejandro Uribe Porta, Francesc Vilarrubia i Garet, Antoni Zariquiey, Ricardo [altres] |
| Collection type | Preserved |
| Primary purpose | Research |
| Include types | Yes |
| Grouping principle | Taxonomic |
| Formations periods | ca. 1882- |
| Development statuses | Active growth |
| Collection extents | 230 lots of type specimens, 459500 specimens, 49500 lots |
| Documentation state | Documentary control of 98% of lots (registration, inventory and computerization). Specimens in most lots identified to species level (nomenclature updated for the samples documented with MuseumPlus). A part of the collection has been identified and/or revised by specialists (E. Gittenberger, L. Gasull, M. Bec and A. MartÃnez-OrtÃ, amongst others). |
| Specimen preservation methods | Fluid-preserved, No Treatment |
| Preparation and conservation | Dried material boxed or wrapped up in protective material in individual containers. Over 25,000 containers have Tyvek labels. Periodical control of samples in liquid. Control of the environmental conditions in storage areas. |
| McGinley conservation statuses |
Level 5
Level 8 Conservation status date 23-07-2013 (dd-mm-yyyy) |
| Institution | Natural Science Museum of Barcelona - Non-Arthropod Invertebrates Department |
| Subcollections | Collection of continental molluscs from the Balearic islands. Collection of continental molluscs from Cuba Collection of continental molluscs from Philippines Collection of continental molluscs from Catalonia Collection of ibero-balearic continental molluscs Mollusc collection of Miquel Bech i Taberner Collection of terrestrial slugs |
| 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 | Aguilar-Amat, J. B. d', 1932. Alguns Mol·luscos de Ceylon, India i Indoxina. Treballs del Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona, 10(5): 3-9. Bech, M., 1990. Fauna malacològica de Catalunya. Mol·luscs terrestres i d'aigua dolça. Treballs de la Institució Catalana d'Història Natural, 12: 1-229. 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. Bofill, A. & Aguilar-Amat, J. B. d', 1924. Contribución al estudio de la fauna malacológica de las posesiones españolas del Golfo de Guinea. Trabajos del Museo de Ciencias Naturales de Barcelona, 10(2): 3-17. Bofill, A. & Aguilar-Amat, J.B. d', 1924. Malacologia de les Illes Pitiuses. Trabajos del Museo de Ciencias Naturales de Barcelona, 10(3): 1-71. Bofill, A. & Haas, F., 1920. Estudi sobre la malacologia de les valls pirenaiques. II. Vall del Noguera Ribagorçana. Treballs del Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona, 2: 5-99. Bofill, A. & Haas, F., 1920. Estudi sobre la malacologia de les valls pirenaiques. III. Vall de la Noguera Pallaresa. Treballs del Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona, 3: 105-220. Bofill, A. & Haas, F., 1920. Estudi sobre la malacologia de les valls pirenaiques. IV. Vall del Segre i Andorra. Treballs del Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona, 3: 225-375. Bofill, A. & Haas, F., 1920. Estudi sobre la malacologia de les valls pirenaiques. V. Conca del Llobregat. Treballs del Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona, 3: 381-831. Bofill, A. & Haas, F., 1921. Estudi sobre la malacologia de les valls pirenaiques. VII. Vall dAran. Treballs del Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona, 3: 1247-1350. Bofill, A., Haas, F. & Aguilar-Amat, J. B. d', 1918. Fauna Malacològica del Pirineu Català . I. Estudi sobre la fauna malacològica de la Vall de l'Essera. Treballs de la Institució Catalana d'Història Natural, 4: 9-110. Bofill, A., Haas, F. & Aguilar-Amat, J. B. d', 1921. Estudi sobre la malacologia de les valls pirenaiques. VI. Conques del Besòs, Ter, Fluvià , Muga i litorals intermitjes. Treballs del Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona, 3: 837-1241. Bros, V., Cadevall, J., Hernández, E., Nebot, J., Orozco, A. & Uribe. F., 2004. Inventari i distribució dels mol·luscs a la vall d'Alinyà : informació bà sica per a la conservació i la gestió de l'à rea. In: Els sistemes naturals de la vall d'Alinyà , edited by J. Germain, Barcelona: Institució Catalana d'Història Natural, p. 343-366. 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., 1963. Algunos moluscos terrestres y de agua dulce de Baleares. BoletÃn de la Sociedad de Historia Natural de Baleares, 9: 3-80. Gasull, L., 1964. Las Helicella (Xeroplexa) de Baleares, Gasteropoda, Pulmonata. BoletÃn de la Sociedad de Historia Natural de Baleares, 10: 3-67 + 9 láms. Gasull, L., 1965. Algunos moluscos terrestres y de agua dulce de Baleares. BoletÃn de la Sociedad de Historia Natural de Baleares, 11: 8-161. Gasull, L., 1971. Fauna malacológica de las aguas continentales dulces y salobres dels sudeste ibérico. BoletÃn de la Sociedad de Historia Natural de Baleares, 16: 23-94. Gasull, L., 1975. Fauna malacológica terrestre del sudeste ibérico. BoletÃn de la Sociedad de Historia Natural de Baleares, 20: 1-154. Gittenberger, E., 1973. Beiträge zur kenntnis der Pupillacea III. Chondrinidae. Zoologische Verhandelingen, 127: 1-267. 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. MartÃnez-OrtÃ, A. & Uribe, F., 2008. Los ejemplares tipo de las colecciones malacológicas del Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona y del Museu Valencià d'Història Natural. Arxius de Miscel·là nia Zoològica, 6: 1-156. Nebot, J., Orozco, J., Uribe, F., Bros, V. & Cadevall, J, 2010. Distribució i composició de la comunitat de mol·luscs de l'à rea compresa per les planes de Son i la mata de València. In: Els sistemes naturals de les Planes de Son i la mata de València, edited by J. Germain, Barcelona: Institució Catalana d'Història Natural, p. 379-401. Orozco, A., Cadevall, J., Bros, V., Hernández, E., Nebot, J. & Uribe, F., 2001. Inventari dels mol·luscs d'aigua dolça de la Ricarda-Ca l'Arana (El Prat de Llobregat, Delta del llobregat). Spartina, 4: 112-128. |
