A container for collecting faecal specimens comprising: an extraction portion having a solubilization chamber suitable for containing an extraction solution ; a closure portion for closing said container having a sampling chamber ; a connection means interposed between said extraction portion and said closure portion and configured to connect said extraction portion and said closure portion to define a closed configuration of said container in which said sampling chamber and said solubilization chamber are arranged to opposite portions of the container ; a shaped wand is associated to the closure portion and suitable for collecting the specimens, said shaped wand being suitable for being axially inserted into said extraction portion in said closed configuration, at least one filtering element which, at least in said closed configuration of the container , divides said solubilization chamber from said sampling chamber , said filtering element being suitable for enabling a flow (F) of the extraction solution from the solubilization chamber to the sampling chamber ; characterized in that said extraction portion comprises a penetrable membrane disposed so as to close off the extraction portion in an open configuration of the container in which said extraction portion and closure portion are decoupled from each other, and wherein said shaped wand comprises a tip configured to tear said breakable membrane and is associated with the closure portion in such a way as to achieve said tearing of the penetrable membrane during the passage from the open configuration to the closed configuration of the container . an extraction portion having a solubilization chamber suitable for containing an extraction solution ; a closure portion for closing said container having a sampling chamber ; a connection means interposed between said extraction portion and said closure portion and configured to connect said extraction portion and said closure portion to define a closed configuration of said container in which said sampling chamber and said solubilization chamber are arranged to opposite portions of the container ; a shaped wand is associated to the closure portion and suitable for collecting the specimens, said shaped wand being suitable for being axially inserted into said extraction portion in said closed configuration, at least one filtering element which, at least in said closed configuration of the container , divides said solubilization chamber from said sampling chamber , said filtering element being suitable for enabling a flow (F) of the extraction solution from the solubilization chamber to the sampling chamber ; characterized in that said extraction portion comprises a penetrable membrane disposed so as to close off the extraction portion in an open configuration of the container in which said extraction portion and closure portion are decoupled from each other, and wherein said shaped wand comprises a tip configured to tear said breakable membrane and is associated with the closure portion in such a way as to achieve said tearing of the penetrable membrane during the passage from the open configuration to the closed configuration of the container . <EOS>