Details for "Monterosato" Molluscs Collection

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	Collection data
Name	"Monterosato" Molluscs Collection
Alternative name
Description	A specialized collection of actual and partly fossil molluscs shells
Description for specialists	The collection "Monterosato" consists of more than 500000 actual and partly fossil molluscs, belonging to all the living classes of the Phylum Mollusca (Polyplacophora, Monoplacophora, Gastropoda, Cephalopoda, Bivalvia and Scaphopoda), collected essentially in the Southern Hemisphere during the second half of the nineteenth century and during the twentieth century (essentially from 40s to the 60s). It is one of the most important historical collections of Mediterranean seashells of the Italian and international public Institutions. It was the result of over sixty years of research, between the second half of the nineteenth century and the twenties of the twentieth century, intensive harvesting of frequent trips to Italy and abroad from which the marquis Monterosato contains important material donated from his numerous correspondents, exchanges and multiple buyers. His collection is still in the original drawers, but the types which were founded on the descriptions of species new to science are now the subject of a critical survey to be progressively integrated into Tipoteca Section Malacology
Cite as
Provenance	The collection was transferred (placed in storage) to the Museo Civico di Zoologia di Roma during the 40s of the twentieth century
Notes
Primary grouping principle	Taxonomic
Primary purpose	Research
Part of collection
Related collection(s)
Known to contain types	Includes 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, Fossils, 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

	Collectors
	not available

	Expeditions
	no expedition

	Formation periods
	Second half of the nineteenth century, Twentieth century (essentially the 40s and the 60s)

	Collection extents
	505000 specimens

	Kingdom coverage
	Animalia

	Taxon coverage
	Phylum Mollusca; Classes: Polyplacophora, Monoplacophora, Gastropoda, Cephalopoda, Bivalvia, Scaphopoda

	Common name coverage
	Collection of molluscs

	Geospatial coverage
	Italy (strength), Southern Hemisphere (essentially Europe)

	Living time periods
	Actual, Recent past (from Pliocene to Pleistocene)

	Specimen preservation methods
	Dried

	Media
	not available

	File formats
	unapplicable

	Item level access
	Source: not available

Related material

Di Maria T., Marchese di Monterosato, 1982. Opera Omnia vol. 1 (1869-1877). A cura di Riccardo Giannuzzi Savelli. Unione Malacologica Italiana. Sezione di Palermo. Collana di Studi Malacologici: 1-367., Di Maria T., Marchese di Monterosato, 1983. Opera Omnia vol. 2 (1878-1885). A cura di Riccardo Giannuzzi Savelli. Unione Malacologica Italiana. Sezione di Palermo. Collana di Studi Malacologici: 373-809., Di Maria T., Marchese di Monterosato, 1984. Opera Omnia vol. 3 (1886-1909). A cura di Riccardo Giannuzzi Savelli. Unione Malacologica Italiana. Sezione di Palermo. Collana di Studi Malacologici: 817-1181., Di Maria T., Marchese di Monterosato, 1989. Opera Omnia vol. 4 (1910-1923). A cura di Riccardo Giannuzzi Savelli. Unione Malacologica Italiana. Sezione di Palermo. Collana di Studi Malacologici: 1189-1792.

	Institution
	Museo Civico di Zoologia

	Persons
	Francesca Pavesi
	Alberto Zilli

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