Figure 10: Examples of fishes present in Normandy nowadays, consumed by men and who have a diet based partially on marine shells (+: consumption of marine shellfish; Muus et al. 2005; Teletchea 2009).
Latin name Common name Marine shell consumed
Anguilla anguilla European eel +
Conger conger European conger +
Cyclopterus lumpus Lumpfish +
Diplodus sargus Sargo +
Diplodus vulgaris   +
Gadus morhua Atlantic cod +
Glyptocephalus cynoglossus Plaice bivalves
Hypotremata sp. Ray mostly mussels
Labrus bergylta Ballan wrasse +
Limanda limanda Common dab gastropods and bivalves
Melanogrammus aeglefinus Haddock +
Merluccius merluccius European hake +
Microstomus kitt Lemon sole mussels
Molva molva Common ling +
Pagellus erythrinus Common pandora +
Pagrus pagrus Red porgy +
Pegusa lascaris Sand sole +
Platychthys flesus European flounder mussels
Pleuronectes platessa European plaice bivalves with thin shells
Pollachius pollachius Pollack +
Psetta maxima Turbot bivalves
Scyliorhinus canicula Small-spotted catshark +
Scyliorhinus stellaris Nursehound +
Scorpaena scrofa Red scorpionfish +
Solea solea Common sole bivalves with thin shells
Sparus aurata Gilt-head bream mostly bivalves
Trisopterus luscus Pouting small bivalves

Internet Archaeology is an open access journal based in the Department of Archaeology, University of York. Except where otherwise noted, content from this work may be used under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 (CC BY) Unported licence, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided that attribution to the author(s), the title of the work, the Internet Archaeology journal and the relevant URL/DOI are given.

Terms and Conditions | Legal Statements | Privacy Policy | Cookies Policy | Citing Internet Archaeology

Internet Archaeology content is preserved for the long term with the Archaeology Data Service. Help sustain and support open access publication by donating to our Open Access Archaeology Fund.