Details for "Rigacci" Molluscs Collection
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| Collection data |
| Name | "Rigacci" Molluscs Collection |
| Alternative name | |
| Description | A specialized collection of mollusc shells collected around the world |
| Description for specialists | The collection "Rigacci" consists of 150000 mollusc shells, belonging to the actual classes of the Phylum Mollusca (Polyplacophora, Gastropoda, Bivalvia and Scaphopoda), mainly from the Southern Hemisphere collected essentially during the end of the nineteenth century and the first years of the twentieth century. The collection is created through exchanges and purchases Rigacci, which thus constitutes a vast collection of shells from around the world, marine, land and freshwater, distributed in several large drawers in the Museo. These include shells refer only malacofauna present, since the fossil record of Rigacci are part of collections deposited at the Institute of Geology and Paleontology, University of Rome "La Sapienza". The status of the conservation is problematic, either for the physical curation and for the information loss (for example unlabeled specimens in the collection) |
| Cite as | |
| Provenance | The collection was purchased by the actual Museo Civico di Zoologia di Roma in 1897 |
| Notes | |
| Primary grouping principle | Taxonomic |
| Primary purpose | Research |
| Part of collection | |
| Related collection(s) | Fossils of the collection Rigacci stored at the "Istituto di Geologia e Paleontologia" of the University of Rome "La Sapienza" |
| Known to contain types | Not known to contain types |
| Rights |
| Rights | The materials are property of the Municipality of Rome |
| Access rights | The collection is freely available for scientific research, under the regulations set up by the managerial staff |
| Usage restrictions | Destructive or invasive assays are normally prohibited or must be previously agreed with the managerial staff. Uses other than for scientific research (e.g. extensive taking of pictures for commercial use) are subject to written contracts |
| Collection types |
| Animals, Taxonomic |
| McGinley conservation statuses |
| Level 1 |
Conservation problem, either one of physical curation or one of potential information loss - for example unlabeled specimens in the general collection. |
| Level 3 |
Unidentified material, sorted to "Loanable units" (usually genus, but variable depending on group) and accessible to the research community. For most groups of Diptera, this was material sorted to family level. |
| Level 5 |
Identified and integrated material which is inadequately curated. |
| Date |
14-05-2010 (dd-mm-yyyy) |
| Development status |
| Closed |
| Expeditions |
| no expedition |
| Formation periods |
| From the end of the nineteenth century to the first years of the twentieth century |
| Collection extents |
| 150000 specimens |
| Kingdom coverage |
| Animalia |
| Taxon coverage |
| Phylum Mollusca; Classes: Polyplacophora, Monoplacophora, Gastropoda, Cephalopoda, Bivalvia, Scaphopoda |
| Common name coverage |
| Collection of molluscs |
| Geospatial coverage |
| Around the world, Southern Hemisphere (strength) |
| Living time periods |
| Actual |
| Specimen preservation methods |
| Dried |
| Media |
| 276 drawers collected in 18 chests |
| File formats |
| unapplicable |
| Item level access |
| Source: not available |
| Related material |
| Rigacci, J. 1866. Catalogo delle conchiglie componenti la collezione Rigacci classificata col sistema di Lamarck e con l'indicazione di alcuni generie sottogeneri adottati dai piu recenti conchiologi. Parte prima della conchiglie viventi. Roma: Tipografia Salviucci. 56 pp., Zuccari, A., 1882. Collezione Rigacci. Catalogo dei fossili dei dintorni di Roma. Roma (Salviucci): 1-18. |