| Name | Collection of terrestrial slugs |
| Alternative name | MCNB. Col. terrestrial slugs |
| Cite as | Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona (MCNB). Collection of terrestrial slugs MCNB. Col. terrestrial slugs |
| Description | Collection consisting of whole animals preserved in 70% ethanol (76% of lots) and dry shells. In all, 980 specimens grouped in 456 lots, including three lots with six type specimens. The taxanomic scope of the collection covers the families Agriolimacidae, Arionidae, Limacidae, Milacidae, Parmacellidae and Testacellidae (the two latter families contain most of the collection’s dry material). Almost all the samples are from the Iberian Peninsula: 93% of lots from Spain, with 78% of the total lots from Catalonia, mainly from the Pyrenees; the remaining lots are Ibero-Balear in origin, with a few from Europe, North Africa and South-East Asia. The oldest lots (dry shells) are from the Museum’s historical collections such as those of Francesc Martorell i Peña, Artur Bofill, Joan Baptista d'Aguilar-Amat, Joan Rosals, Manuel de ChÃa and Baltasar Serradell. Collections incorporated subsequently include dry material collected by Luis Gasull and Miquel Bech, and wet material collected by Oleguer Escolà and colleagues. The most modern wet material originates from various collection campaigns and research projects carried out by the present-day Malacological Section of the Museum. Type specimens of taxa described by Vicent Borredà and Alberto MartÃnez-Ortà have also been incorporated. The whole collection has been registered, documented and digitalized to specimen lot level. Around 45% of the lots still need to be determined. Data of a part of the collection can be consulted on-line at the website of the Barcelona Natural History Museum, and the Global Biodiversity Information Facility. |
| Provenance | The oldest specimens in the collection correspond to shells collected by Francesc Martorell i Peña, which formed part of the Martorell Museum’s founder collection (1879). Other historical collections containing slugs include those of Artur Bofill, Joan Baptista d'Aguilar-Amat, Joan Rosals, Manuel de ChÃa, Baltasar Serradell and Alejandro Torres. Of interest too are the contributions made by other collaborators and entities linked to the Museum (e.g. Rafael Candel, Ascensi Codina, Carme Gelabert, Carmen Giménez, J. Maluquer and others). Subsequently, the collection has incorporated shells from the collections of Luis Gasull and Miquel Bech, donated to the Museum in 1983 and 2009, respectively, as well as wet samples of slugs collected by Oleguer Escolà and colleagues, many from subterranean habitats. Francesc Uribe has been the curator of the Department of Non-Arthropod Invertebrates since 1997 and since then the inventory and digitalization of the Museum’s whole collection has been carried out to specimen lot level. In the field of research, it is worth noting the studies on biodiversity and ecology focussing largely on the management of natural areas in Catalonia that have been conducted by the malacologists Vicenç Bros, Jordi Cadevall, Elisabeth Hernández, Jordi Nebot and Albert Orozco. These studies have generated the most recent wet slug specimens, which have increased considerably the Museum’s total collection. Qualitatively, of most interest are the type specimens deposited in the Museum corresponding to three new species described by Vicent Borredà and Alberto MartÃnez-OrtÃ. |
| Kingdom coverage | Animalia |
| Taxon coverage | Agriolimacidae, Arionidae, Limacidae, Milacidae, Parmacellidae, Testacellidae |
| Common name coverage | slugs |
| Geospatial coverage | Balearic Islands, Catalonia (strength), England, France, Iberian Peninsula (strength), Iberian Pyrenees (strength), Madeira, Morocco, Northern Africa, Portugal, Southeastern Asia, Spain (strength), Switzerland |
| Collectors | Adrover, Rafael Aguilar-Amat, Joan Baptista d' Altimiras i Roset, Jacint Auroux Poblador, LluÃs Bech i Taberner, Miquel Bley, J. Bofill i Poch, Artur Borredà , Vicent Bros Caton, Vicenç Cadevall Solé, Jordi Candel Vila, Rafael Castillejo, José Cazurro, Manuel Codina i Ferrer, Ascensi Comas Navarro, Jordi Conde, M. Escolà Boada, Oleguer Fernández, Guillem G.I.E.M. Gasull MartÃnez, Luis Gelabert, Carme Giménez, Carmen Gómez Moliner, BenjamÃn Hernández Rojo, Elisabeth Julià , LluÃs López Alabau, Antonio Maluquer, J. MartÃnez-OrtÃ, Alberto Meseguer, Agustà Nebot Obón, Jordi Olmo Vidal, Josep Maria Orozco SanchÃs, Albert Picañol, Carme Pérez De Gregorio, Josep Joaquim Pérez Ferrer, Alejandro Rutllant, J. Serrano, Gustau Uribe Porta, Francesc Valledor de Lozoya, Arturo [Altres] |
| Collection type | Preserved |
| Primary purpose | Research |
| Include types | Yes |
| Grouping principle | Taxonomic |
| Formations periods | ca. 1882- |
| Development statuses | Passive growth |
| Collection extents | 456 lots, 6 type specimens, 980 specimens |
| Documentation state | Documentary control of 100% of lots (register, inventory and computerization in Museum Plus). Around 45% of lots still need to be determined. |
| Object class | shells, whole organisms |
| Specimen preservation methods | Fluid-preserved, No Treatment |
| Preparation and conservation | Dry material boxed and wrapped in protective elements in individual containers. Wet specimens preserved in 70% ethanol. Improvements in the conservation conditions of the original samples (new containers and preserving fluid, and rehousing of specimens). Monitoring of the environmental conditions in storage areas. |
| McGinley conservation statuses |
Level 8
Conservation status date 05-11-2014 (dd-mm-yyyy) |
| Institution | Natural Science Museum of Barcelona - Non-Arthropod Invertebrates Department |
| Parent collection | Collection of continental molluscs |
| Subcollections | Collection of terrestrial slugs 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) WIKICOLLECTA. Espai de consulta de col·leccions destacades del Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona. Col·leccions en lÃnia de Zoologia (MCNB) / Online Zoological Collections (MCNB) |
| Related material | 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. Bros, V., Cadevall, J., Nebot, J., Orozco, A. & Uribe. F., 2009. El grau de maduresa del bosc d'alta muntanya i la fauna malacològica associada. In: VIII Jornades sobre Recerca al Parc Nacional d'Aigüestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici. Espot (Pallars Sobirà ), 14-16 d'octubre de 2009: 113-121. Cadevall, J., Hernández, E., Nebot, J., Orozco, A., Uribe. F. & Bros, V., 2003. Influència de l'altitud en la riquesa d'espècies de mol·luscs: variacions a la vall d'Alinyà , Alt Urgell, Lleida. Arxius de Miscel·là nia Zoològica, 1: 18-45. 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., 1975. Fauna malacológica terrestre del sudeste ibérico. BoletÃn de la Sociedad de Historia Natural de Baleares, 20: 1-154. Gasull, L., 1985. Fauna malacológica continental de la provincia de Huelva. Miscel·là nia Zoològica, 9: 127-143. 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. |
