| Name | Collection of ibero-balearic continental molluscs |
| Alternative name | MCNB. Col. Ibero-Balearic continental molluscs |
| Cite as | Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona (MCNB). Collection of Ibero-Balearic continental molluscs MCNB. Col. Ibero-Balearic continental molluscs |
| Description | Collection of continental molluscs from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands consisting of dry shells (91% of lots) and whole organisms preserved in ethyl alcohol 70º and 100º. In all, there are 355,000 specimens grouped in 28,250 lots, of which 220 are type specimens. The collection includes bivalves and terrestrial (the main part) 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 Balmes Institute, amongst others). There are also a lot of donations made by collaborators and from other sources related to the Museum. Recent donations include the collections of Luis Gasull MartÃnez and Miquel Bech, as well as the specimens collected by Oleguer Escolà , most of which are from subterranean environments. The collection also includes a good number of specimens of fauna from Catalonia (almost 60% of lots), Valencia and the Balearic Islands. Around 95% of the collection has been registered, documented and digitalized to specimen-lot level. Data from most of the collection can be consulted on-line on the website of the Barcelona Natural History Museum and the portal GBIF. Recent additions from current collection campaigns and research projects have increased the proportion of wet specimens in which the internal anatomy is preserved. A selection of Ibero-Balearic continental 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. An important part of this collection is the result of the on-going collecting and study carried out by renown malacologists such as Artur Bofill, Joan Baptista Aguilar-Amat, Luis Gasull and Miquel Bech, above all 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 shell collections of Artur Bofill, Joan Baptista d'Aguilar-Amat and Joan Rosals in 1917-1920 increased the Museum's collection of Ibero-Balear 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 Chia (1923), Baltasar Serradell (1931), José Manuel Giner (1932) and the Jaume Balmes Institute (1936). The Royal Academy’s collection also includes donations from Artur Bofill, Eduard Cháquert and José MarÃa Salvañá, amongst others. Also of interest are the donations made by collaborators and other sources related to the Museum (Ascensi Codina, Francesc Español, Carme Gelabert, Enric Gros, Friedrich Haas, Marià Ferrer Bravo, Pius Font i Quer and Santiago Novellas, 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). More recent additions include the collections of Luis Gasull (donated in 1983 when Rosario Nos was Museum Director), the specimens collected by Oleguer Escolà (mainly of subterranean fauna) and the collection of Miquel Bech, donated in 2009. An important part of the collection is the result of the research carried out by renown malacologists such as Artur Bofill, Joan Baptista d'Aguilar-Amat, Luis Gasull and Miquel Bech. The collection has been studied by researchers such as Edmund Gittenberger, Alberto MartÃnez-Ortà and Cristian Altaba. The scientific output of these and other researchers has generated numerous studies on taxonomy and faunistics, and includes work on the collection’s type specimens. 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. Of great interest in the field of research are the studies carried out on biodiversity and ecology – many of which are centred on Catalonia’s natural spaces – by malacologists that include Vicenç Bros, Jordi Cadevall, Elisabeth Hernández, Jordi Nebot i Albert Orozco. |
| Kingdom coverage | Animalia |
| Taxon coverage | Bivalvia, Gastropoda |
| Collectors | Aguilar-Amat, Joan Baptista d' Altimira Aleu, Carles Altimiras i Roset, Jacint Bataller i Calatayud, Josep Bech i Taberner, Miquel Bofill i Poch, Artur Bolòs i Saderra, Ramon de Bros Catón, Vicenç Cadevall Solé, Jordi Cazurro, Manuel Codina i Ferrer, Ascensi Escolà Boada, Oleguer Español Coll, Francesc Fadrique Chico, Florentà Fernández, G. Ferrer Bravo, Marià Foix, Anna Font i Quer, Pius Gasull MartÃnez, Luis Gelabert, Carme Giménez, Carmen Gorchs, Montserrat Gros, Enric Haas, Friedrich Hernández Rojo, Elisabeth Iglesias Iglesias, A. Maluquer, J. Mata, Estrella Mata, Pepita Museu de Zoologia de Barcelona Nebot Obón, Jordi Novellas Bofill, Santiago Orozco SanchÃs, Albert Pipó, Francisca Sagarra i Castellarnau, Ignasi de Torres MÃnguez, Alejandro Uribe Porta, Francesc Ventalló Vilarrubia i Garet, Antoni Zariquiey, Ricardo [altres] |
| Collection type | Preserved |
| Primary purpose | Research |
| Include types | Yes |
| Grouping principle | Spatial |
| Formations periods | ca. 1882- |
| Development statuses | Active growth |
| Collection extents | 220 lots of type specimens, 28250 lots, 355000 specimens |
| Documentation state | Documentary control of 95% of lots (registration, inventory and computerization). Identification to species level for most lots (nomenclature updated for the samples documented with MuseumPlus). Part of the collection was identified and/or revised by specialists (E. Gittenberger, L. Gasull, M. Bech 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. A large part of the dry collection has Tyvek labels (100% in the cases of the Gasull, Bech and Escolà collections). Periodical quality control of samples in liquid. Control of the environmental conditions in storage areas. |
| McGinley conservation statuses |
Level 5
Level 8 Conservation status date 30-07-2013 (dd-mm-yyyy) |
| Institution | Natural Science Museum of Barcelona - Non-Arthropod Invertebrates Department |
| Parent collection | Collection of continental molluscs |
| Subcollections | Collection of continental molluscs from Catalonia Collection of Melanopsis from Spain of Paul Pallary |
| 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 | 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. 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. 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. 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. MartÃnez-OrtÃ, A., 1996. Revisión de muestras de malacofauna terrestre recolectadas en la Comunidad Valenciana y depositadas en el Museu de Zoologia de Barcelona, 210 pp. Departament d'Invertebrats no Artròpodes, MCNB (unpublished work). 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. |
