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).
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Hidden in historical sources: Rediscovering the thorny oyster (Spondylus gaederopus Linnaeus, 1758) in art, archives, and cultural knowledge
14-Oct-2026
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.