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 1. — Mediterranean malacofauna remains for the Hellenistic and Roman periods. Abbreviations: MNI, minimum number of individuals; NISP, number of identified specimens.

	Hellenistic period		Roman period
Taxa	NISP	MNI	NISP	MNI
Bivalves Noah’s ark shell (Arca noae Linnaeus, 1758) ark clams (Barbatia barbata Linnaeus, 1758) antique cardita (Cardites antiquatus Linnaeus, 1758) lagoon cockle (Cerastoderma glaucum Bruguière, 1789) wedge clams (Donax sp. Linnaeus, 1758) bald scallop (Flexopecten glaber Linnaeus, 1758) bittersweet clams (Glycymeris sp. (da Costa, 1778)) Gari sp. Schumacher, 1817 date mussel (Lithophaga lithophaga Linnaeus, 1758) black scallop (Mimachlamys varia Linnaeus, 1758) Mediterranean mussel (Mytilus galloprovincialis Lamarck, 1819) flat oyster (Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758) Mediterranean scallop (Pecten jacobaeus Linnaeus, 1758) Pectinidae fan mussel (Pinna nobilis Linnaeus, 1758) carpet shell (Polititapes aureus Gmelin, 1791) carpet shell (Ruditapes decussatus Linnaeus, 1758) thorny oyster (Spondylus gaederopus Linnaeus, 1758) warty venus clams (Venus verrucosa Linnaeus, 1758)	7 – 2 29 103 9 46 1 2 20 1 446 – 8 14 8 46 6 56	5 – 2 17 57 7 28 1 1 7 1 234 – 8 7 5 24 6 43	– 1 – 11 8 1 1 – – – 2 199 1 – – 1 2 4 2	– 1 – 7 9 1 3 – – – 2 121 1 – – 1 2 7 3
Gastropods spiny murex (Bolinus brandaris Linnaeus, 1758) cerith (Cerithium sp. Bruguière, 1789) Atlantic triton (Charonia variegata Lamarck, 1816) dove snail (Columbella rustica Linnaeus, 1758) Mediterranean cone snail (Conus ventriconus Linnaeus, 1758) banded murex (Hexaplex trunculus Linnaeus, 1758) fallow cowry (Luria lurida Linnaeus, 1758) Muricidae Neverita josephinia Risso, 1826 limpet (Patella sp. Linnaeus, 1758) turbinate monodont (Phorcus turbinatus Born, 1778) grooved helmet (Semicassis granulata Born, 1778) giant tun (Tonna galea Linnaeus, 1758) dog whelk (Tritia gibbosula Linnaeus, 1758) dog whelk (Tritia cuvierii Payraudeau, 1826) Turbinidae	87 5 2 24 4 26 1 3 – 6 4 – – 1 1 2	69 5 2 24 4 11 1 3 – 6 4 – – 1 1 2	46 1 3 4 2 15 1 1 – 1 – 1 2 – – –	46 1 2 4 2 12 1 1 – 1 – 1 1 – – –
Other invertebrates crabs purple sea urchin (Paracentrotus lividus Lamarck, 1816) cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis Linnaeus, 1758) red coral (Corallium rubrum Linnaeus, 1758)	2 21 2 –	2 3 2 –	1 – 1 602	1 – 1 –
TOTAL	995	593	915	233
Shell fragment undetermined	54	–	21	–