The exploitation of molluscs and other invertebrates in Alexandria (Egypt) from the Hellenistic period to Late Antiquity: food, usage, and trade Author Morand, Nicolas Archéozoologie, Archéobotanique: Sociétés, Pratiques et Environnements (AASPE), CNRS, MNHN, Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, case postale 56, 57 rue Cuvier, F- 75231 Paris cedex 05 (France) nicolas.morand@mnhn.fr text Anthropozoologica 2020 2020-01-10 55 1 1 20 journal article 10.5252/anthropozoologica2019v55a1 2107-08817 3703242

TABLE 5. — Environment data of the Mediterranean molluscs consumed.

			Shoreline stages
Species	Environment	Substrate mesolittoral infralittoral circalittoral
date mussel (Lithophaga lithophaga Linnaeus, 1758)	marine	rocky	×	×	–
limpet (Patella sp. Linnaeus, 1758)	marine	rocky	×	×	–
Mediterranean mussel (Mytilus galloprovincialis	marine/brackish rocky		×	×	–
Lamarck, 1819)
turbinate monodont (Phorcus turbinatus Born, 1778)	marine	rocky	×	×	–
thorny oyster (Spondylus gaederopus Linnaeus, 1758)	marine	rocky	–	×	–
Noah’s Ark shell (Arca noae Linnaeus, 1758)	marine	rocky	–	×	×
Atlantic triton (Charonia variegata Lamarck, 1816)	marine	rocky, sandy, marine meadow	–	×	×
flat oyster (Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758)	marine/brackish rocky, silted rocky		×	×	–
banded murex (Hexaplex trunculus Linnaeus, 1758)	marine	rocky, silted rocky	–	×	×
black scallop (Mimachlamys varia Linnaeus, 1758)	marine/brackish rocky, sandy, marine meadow		–	×	×
bald scallop (Flexopecten glaber Linnaeus, 1758)	marine/brackish rocky, sandy		–	×	×
antique cardita (Cardites antiquatus Linnaeus, 1758)	marine	rocky, sandy, silty	–	×	×
wedge clam (Donax sp. Linnaeus, 1758)	marine	sandy	×	×	–
warty venus clams (Venus verrucosa Linnaeus, 1758)	marine	sandy, gravel, marine meadow	–	×	–
carpet shell (Ruditapes decussatus Linnaeus, 1758)	marine/brackish sandy, silty		×	×	–
lagoon cockle (Cerastoderma glaucum Bruguière, 1789)	marine/brackish sandy, silty		–	×	–
spiny murex (Bolinus brandaris Linnaeus, 1758)	marine	sandy, silty	–	×	×
Mediterranean scallop (Pecten jacobaeus Linnaeus, 1758) marine		sandy, silty	–	×	×
Gari sp. Schumacher, 1817	marine	sandy, silty	–	×	×
giant tun (Tonna galea Linnaeus, 1758)	marine	sandy, silty	–	×	×
fan mussel (Pinna nobilis Linnaeus, 1758)	marine	sandy, silty, marine meadow	–	×	×
purple sea urchin (Paracentrotus lividus Lamarck, 1816)	marine	sandy, rocky, silty, marine meadow	–	×	–
cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis Linnaeus, 1758)	marine/brackish sandy, silty, marine meadow		×	×	×