Analysis of Italian paintings reveals the cultural and culinary significance of the thorny oyster, combining with other historical texts and testimonies to uncover its "forgotten history"
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Current distribution and field records of Spondylus gaederopus and S. spinosus in the Mediterranean Sea. A. Occurrences of the endemic Spondylus gaederopus and the invasive S. spinosus in the Mediterranean Sea. GBIF occurrence datasets https://doi.org/10.15468/dl.4u6bru (S. gaederopus) and https://doi.org/10.15468/dl.h6nync (S. spinosus) accessed via GBIF.org (08/09/2025), map made on QGIS with NaturalEarth [free vector and raster map data @naturalearthdata.com, public domain]. B. Photography of S. gaederopus taken by a restaurant customer in Apulia (south Italy) in January 2020 (photo credits: Tripadvisor). C. Photography of S. gaederopus taken in September 2025 in a rocky outcrop in Ile Jarre, Western Mediterranean Sea (photo credits: Sylvain Le Bris).
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Analysis of Italian paintings reveals the cultural and culinary significance of the thorny oyster, combining with other historical texts and testimonies to uncover its "forgotten history"
Article URL: https://plos.io/4hZC8uw
Article title: Hidden in historical sources: Rediscovering the thorny oyster (Spondylus gaederopus Linnaeus, 1758) in art, archives, and cultural knowledge
Author countries: France.
Funding: This work was supported by the Ocean & Climate PPR, jointly led by CNRS and Ifremer, and benefited from government funding managed by the French National Research Agency under the France 2030 program (reference ANR-21-POCE-0001).
Journal
PLOS One
Article Title
Hidden in historical sources: Rediscovering the thorny oyster (Spondylus gaederopus Linnaeus, 1758) in art, archives, and cultural knowledge
Article Publication Date
14-Oct-2026
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The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
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