| Name | Marine molluscs collection of the family Nassariidae |
| Alternative name | MCNB. Col. Nassariidae |
| Cite as | Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona (MCNB). Marine molluscs collection of the family Nassariidae MCNB. Col. Nassariidae |
| Description | Collection of marine molluscs belonging to the family Nassariidae, consisting of dry shells (except for three lots preserved in 70% ethanol). It contains 15 700 examples, grouped into 1460 lots and belonging to 125 species. It also includes four type specimens belonging to two species. All of the collection has been revised by the specialist Carles Gili. In terms of number, the most important group in the collection is the genus Nassarius (almost 90% of lots), followed at some distance by the Cyclope and the remaining genera. Most of the material originates from the Museum’s historical collection (founder collection of Francesc Martorell and private collections of Artur Bofill, Joan Baptista d'Aguilar-Amat, Joan Rosals, the Royal Academy of the Science and the Arts of Barcelona, Manuel de ChÃa, Baltasar Serradell and the Jaume Balmes Institute, amongst others). More recent donations include material from the collections of Luis Gasull MartÃnez and Joan Rosal Sagalés. The whole collection has been registered, documented and digitalized to specimen lot level. Data from a part of the collection (currently only a small part) can be consulted on-line at the website of the Barcelona Natural History Museum and the Global Biodiversity Information Facility website. |
| Provenance | The oldest samples correspond to the shell collection of Francesc Martorell i Peña, which was part of the founder collection of the Martorell Museum (1879). The collections of Antoni de Samà , Artur Bofill, Joan Baptista d'Aguilar-Amat and Joan Rosals, which led to a notable increase in the number of samples in the period 1914–1920, contain a large number of samples from the Nassariidae. To these can be added the material from other important historical collections that was added subsequently such as that of the Royal Academy of the Science and the Arts of Barcelona (held in deposit since 1925) and the collections of Manuel de ChÃa (1923), Baltasar Serradell (1931) and the Jaume Balmes Institute (1936). The Royal Academy’s collection includes, amongst others, specimens collected by Eduard and Adolf Cháquert, Eduard Fontseré, Eusebi Mas, José MarÃa Salvañá and Jaume Basté. Under the direction Artur Bofill i Poch (1891–1929) and then Joan Baptista d’Aguilar-Amat (1929–1936), the Museum’s malacological section was reorganized: the collections were combined and the nomenclature revised, but the original labels were conserved. 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. The collection was exhaustively revised by the specialist and Museum collaborator Carles Gili in 2013–2014. Types of two species described by this autor are housed in the colection. |
| Kingdom coverage | Animalia |
| Taxon coverage | Nassariidae |
| Common name coverage | dog whelks, nassa mud snails, sea snails |
| Geospatial coverage | Antilles, Atlantic Ocean, Australia, Balearic Islands (strength), Canary Islands, Chile, Gulf of California, India, Indian Ocean, Mauritius, Mediterranean Sea (strength), Pacific Ocean, Philippines (strength), Red Sea, Sri Lanka, archipelagos and islands of Oceania, coasts of Africa, coasts of Catalonia (strength), coasts of the Iberian Peninsula |
| Expeditions | Museum expedition to Western Morocco |
| Collectors | Aguilar-Amat, Joan Baptista d' Batlle, A. Bofill i Poch, Artur Gabot, Laura Gasull MartÃnez, Luis Gibert, Vicenta Gros, J. Hernández Rojo, Elisabeth Iglesias Iglesias, A. Laboratori Oceanogrà fic de Balears Maluquer, Josep Mercadal, B. Muñoz, José Rosal i Sagalés, Joan Rutllán, J. Samà , Antoni de Zariquiey, Ricardo [altres] |
| Collection type | Preserved |
| Primary purpose | Research |
| Include types | Yes |
| Grouping principle | Taxonomic |
| Formations periods | ca. 1882- |
| Development statuses | Passive growth |
| Collection extents | 125 species, 1460 lots, 15700 specimens, 4 type specimens |
| Documentation state | Documentary control of 100% of lots (register, inventory and computerization). All the material revised and identified to species level by the specialist Carles Gili. |
| Object class | shells, whole organisms |
| Specimen preservation methods | Fluid-preserved, No Treatment |
| Preparation and conservation | Material boxed and/or wrapped in protective elements in individual containers. Monitoring of the environmental conditions of storage areas. |
| McGinley conservation statuses |
Level 8
Conservation status date 08-10-2014 (dd-mm-yyyy) |
| Institution | Natural Science Museum of Barcelona - Non-Arthropod Invertebrates Department |
| Parent collection |
Collection of marine gastropods Collection of marine molluscs |
| 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 collections | Museum collection of fauna collected on the expedition to western Morocco. |
| 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. Gili, C., 2015. Two new Nassarius species from the Philippines (Gastropoda: Nassariidae). Miscellanea Malacologica, 6(6): 81-87 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. |
