Species Detail - Sand Gaper (Mya arenaria) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Irish Lagoon Surveys".

Terrestrial Map - 10km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).
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Marine Map - 50km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
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Mya arenaria
Sand Gaper
NHMSYS0021054648 RecommendedWell-formed
N/A
myare
Linnaeus, 1758
Mollusc
Species
3
2
2
20/07/2002
31/10/2016
4 January (recorded in 2022)
30 December (recorded in 2019)
Geoff Oliver and Eddie McCormack, Irish Lagoon Surveys, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Sand Gaper (Mya arenaria), accessed 14 December 2025, https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/303/Species/287184

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)