| Name | Collection of marine gastropods |
| Alternative name | MCNB. Col. marine gastropods |
| Cite as | Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona (MCNB). Collection of marine gastropods MCNB. Col. marine gastropods |
| Description | Collection of marine gastropods consisting of dry shells (99% of lots) and whole organisms preserved in ethyl alcohol 70%. In all, there are 189,500 specimens grouped in 23,100 lots. Most of the material belongs to the Museum's historical collection (original collection of Francesc Martorell and collections of Antoni de Samà , Artur Bofill, Joan Baptista d'Aguilar-Amat, Joan Rosals, Barcelona Royal Academy of Science and the Arts, Baltasar Serradell and the Jaume Bofill Institute, amongst others). More recent additions include specimens from the collections of Luis Gasull MartÃnez and Joan Rosal Sagalés. Geographically, the collection covers the whole world, but with a good selection of specimens from the Mediterranean (above all, Catalan and Balearic coasts), and from the coasts and archipelagos of the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans (above all, the archipelagos of Southeast Asia). Wide range of taxa. The whole 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 sample of the marine gastropod collection has been displayed in the Museum's permanent exhibition and currently there are 40 dry and liquid lots on display in the Museum Blau. |
| Provenance | The first specimens come from the shell collection of Francesc Martorell i Peña and were part of the original collection of the Martorell Museum (1879). There are also specimens donated a few years later by Adolfo de Reynoso (1882) from his collection from the Philippine Archipelago. The collection also includes shells from the collection of Antoni de Samà (added in around 1914) corresponding to marine molluscs from the Catalan coast. The addition of the collections of Aguilar-Amat, Artur Bofill and Joan Rosals in 1917-1920 increased the Museum's collection of marine gastropods significantly. Further material came from other historical collections that were added subsequently, including specimens from the Barcelona Royal Academy of Science and the Arts (on permanent loan to the Museum since 1925), and the collections of Manuel de ChÃa (1923), Baltasar Serradell (1931), José Giner (1932) and the Jaume Balmes Institute (1936). The Royal Academy's collection includes donations from Jaime Basté, Adolfo and Eduardo Cháquert, Eduard Fontseré, Eusebio Mas and José MarÃa Salvañá. Also of interest are the donations from other collaborators and from other sources such as Marià Ferrer Bravo, Vicenta Gibert, Enric Gros and Josep Maluquer. There is also some material from expeditions such as those of Manual MartÃnez de la Escalera to Equatorial Guinea (1919), Aguilar-Amat to French Indochina (1929) and the various campaigns conducted in the Spanish protectorate of Morocco. The oldest specimens preserved in liquid originate from the Naples Zoological Station and the Santander Marine Biology Station, part of a purchase of marine fauna made by the Museum's oceanographic section (1916-1917). Under the direction of Artur Bofill i Poch (1892-1929) and then Joan Baptista 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 specimens from the collections of Luis Gasull MartÃnez donated in 1983 when Rosario Nos was director) and of Joan Rosal Sagalés (donated 2000). These two collections contain 2,700 lots of marine gastropods with material mainly from the western Mediterranean. 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 | Gastropoda |
| Common name coverage | marine gastropods, seashells |
| Collectors | Aguilar-Amat, Joan Baptista d' Altimira Aleu, Carles Bofill i Poch, Artur Ferrer Bravo, Marià Gabot, Laura Gasull MartÃnez, LuÃs Gaubin, R. P. Gibert, Vicenta Gros, Enric Hernández Rojo, Elisabeth Iglesias Iglesias, A. Laboratori Oceanogrà fic de Balears Maluquer, J. Maluquer, Josep MartÃnez de la Escalera, Manuel Mateu, G. Mercadal, B. Resalt, R. 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 | 189500 specimens, 23100 lots |
| Documentation state | Documentary control of all the lots (registration, inventory and computerization). Most material still needs to be revised: identification to species level based on documentation and original 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. |
| McGinley conservation statuses |
Level 8
Conservation status date 08-07-2013 (dd-mm-yyyy) |
| Institution | Natural Science Museum of Barcelona - Non-Arthropod Invertebrates Department |
| Parent collection | Collection of marine molluscs |
| Subcollections | Marine molluscs collection of the family Nassariidae |
| 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. 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. |
