Details for "Meli" Molluscs Collection
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| Collection data |
| Name | "Meli" Molluscs Collection |
| Alternative name | |
| Description | A specialized collection of molluscs essentially collected in Italy |
| Description for specialists | The collection "Meli" consists of about 30000 molluscs, belonging to all the living classes of the Phylum Mollusca (Polyplacophora, Monoplacophora, Gastropoda, Cephalopoda, Bivalvia and Scaphopoda), collected essentially in Italy from late nineteenth century to the first half of the twentieth century. The status of the conservation shows some problems, either for physical curation and for potential information loss (for example unlabeled specimens in the collection) |
| Cite as | |
| Provenance | The collection was purchased by the Museo Civico di Zoologia di Roma during the 40s of the nineteenth 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, 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 late nineteenth to the first half of the twentieth century |
| Collection extents |
| 30000 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), Mainly Europe |
| Living time periods |
| Actual |
| Specimen preservation methods |
| Dried |
| Media |
| 32 drawers collected in 2 chests |
| File formats |
| unapplicable |
| Item level access |
| Source: not available |
| Related material |
| nonexistent |