| Name | Collection of marine molluscs from Catalonia |
| Alternative name | MCNB. Col. marine molluscs Catalonia |
| Cite as | Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona (MCNB). Collection of marine molluscs from Catalonia MCNB. Col. marine molluscs Catalonia |
| Description | Collection of marine molluscs from Catalonia consisting of dry shells (99% of lots) and whole organisms preserved in ethyl alcohol 70º. In all, there are 58,000 specimens grouped in 6,950 lots. The collection includes specimens from the classes Gastropoda, Bivalvia, Cephalopoda, Polyplacophora and Scaphopoda, above all from the first two of these classes. Most of the wet specimens are Gastropoda or Cephalopoda. Wide taxonomic range of Gastropoda and Bivalvia. 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 Bofill 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 Joan Rosal i Sagalés, the latter with a large proportion of material from the Catalan coast (over 10% of all the collection's lots). 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 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, Eusebio Mas and José MarÃa Salvañá. Also of interest are the donations made by collaborators and other sources related to the Museum (Vicenta Gibert, Carmen Giménez, Goñi, J. Gros and Josep Maluquer, amongst others). The oldest wet specimens are part of the collection of the Oceanographic Section that was inaugurated at the beginning of 1917. 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 separation of specimens from Catalonia to form a regional collection dates from this period. More recent additions include the collections of Luis Gasull MartÃnez donated in 1983 when Rosario Nos was Museum Director) and Joan Rosal i Sagalés, donated in 2000. This latter collection has greatly increased the Museum’s marine malacological collection from 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 Gasull MartÃnez, Luis Gibert, Vicenta Giménez, Carmen Goñi Gros, J. Iglesias Iglesias, A. Maluquer, J. Maluquer, Josep Museu de Zoologia de Barcelona 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 | 58000 specimens, 6950 lots |
| Documentation state | Documentary control of 100% of lots (registration, inventory and computerization). Specimens in most lots awaiting revision. Identification to species level carried out according to the original documentation and labels (nomenclature updated for the samples documented with MuseumPlus). The Joan Rosal collection has been irevised 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 packets such as those corresponding to the Joan Rosal collection all 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 Collection of marine molluscs from the Mediterranean Sea |
| 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. 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. |
