THE MOLLUSCA COLLECTION OF THE MUSEU NACIONAL / UFRJ – HISTORICAL SYNTHESIS

Authors

  • Alexandre Dias Pimenta Associate Professor, Curator of the Mollusca Collection in Departamento de Invertebrados, Museu Nacional, UFRJ.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32360/acmar.v49i0.6134

Keywords:

Scientific Collection, biodiversity, molluscs

Abstract

The Mollusca Collection at the Museu Nacional/UFRJ is the oldest and one of the largests in Brazil. Currently, it includes 39,631 registered lots of all molluscan classes, except Monoplacophora. Most of the lots are from Brazilian localities, but specimens from foreign localities are also represented. Marine species are the most represented, but specimens from terrestrial and limnic species are also deposited as well as material from Sambaqui´s sites. The collection holds 671 type lots of 347 molluscan names, including 132 holotypes and a neotype. The collection beginning dates from the end of 19th century and grew at different rates along its history, as the result of intensive samplings along Brazil and also donations of private collections.

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Published

2017-02-13

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