| Name | Collection of marine molluscs from the Mediterranean Sea |
| Alternative name | MCNB. Col. marine molluscs Mediterranean Sea |
| Cite as | Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona (MCNB). Collection of marine molluscs from the Mediterranean Sea MCNB. Col. marine molluscs Mediterranean Sea |
| Description | Collection of marine molluscs from the Mediterranean consisting of dry shells (99% of lots) and whole organisms preserved in ethyl alcohol 70º. In all, there are 162,000 specimens grouped in 12,900 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 includes the Mediterranean coasts and islands, with an especially good selection of specimens from the western Mediterranean including Catalonia and the Balearic Islands. 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). Recent donations include the collections of Luis Gasull MartÃnez and Joan Rosal i Sagalés, which represent together a sizeable proportion of the collection’s material (around a third of all lots), principally 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 this collection has been displayed as part of the Museum's permanent exhibition. |
| 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 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 of marine fauna from the Mediterranean 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), Baltasar Serradell (1931) and the Jaume Balmes Institute (1936). The Royal Academy’s collection also includes donations from José Basté, Artur Bofill, 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). 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 Rosal i Sagalés, donated in 2000. The donation of these two collections greatly increased the Museum’s marine collection from the Mediterranean, above all 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 Armengol Bofill i Poch, Artur Closas, J. Codina i Ferrer, Ascensi Ferrer Bravo, Marià Gasull MartÃnez, Luis Gibert, Vicenta Giménez, Carmen Goñi Gros, Enric Gros, J. Iglesias Iglesias, A. Laboratori Oceanogrà fic de Balears Maluquer, Josep Mateu, G. Mercadal, B. Museu de Zoologia de Barcelona Novellas Bofill, Santiago Paltré, Josep Samà , Antoni de Zariquiey, Ricardo [altres] |
| Collection type | Preserved |
| Primary purpose | Research |
| Include types | No |
| Grouping principle | Spatial |
| Formations periods | ca. 1882- |
| Development statuses | Passive growth |
| Collection extents | 12900 lots, 162000 specimens |
| Documentation state | Documentary control of all lots (registration, inventory and computerization). Part of the material (historical collections) still requires revision. Identification to species level carried out according to the original documentation and labels (nomenclature updated for the samples documented with MuseumPlus). The specimens from the Joan Rosal collection have been revised by Carles Altimira. |
| 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 26-07-2013 (dd-mm-yyyy) |
| Institution | Natural Science Museum of Barcelona - Non-Arthropod Invertebrates Department |
| Parent collection | Collection of marine molluscs |
| Subcollections | Collection of marine molluscs from the Balearic Islands Collection of marine molluscs from Catalonia |
| 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. 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. |
