Species Detail - Chequered Carpet Shell (Ruditapes decussatus) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Irish Lagoon Surveys".
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).Marine Map - 50km
Marine Map - 50km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
Ruditapes decussatus
Chequered Carpet Shell
NHMSYS0021054899
RecommendedWell-formed
Tapes (Ruditapes) decussatus (Linnaeus, 1758), Tapes decussatus (Linnaeus, 1758), Venerupis decussata , Venerupis decussata (Linnaeus, 1758)
N/A
rudec
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Mollusc
Species
4
3
3
25/09/1998
31/10/2016
4 January (recorded in 2024)
16 December (recorded in 2024)
Geoff Oliver and Eddie McCormack, Irish Lagoon Surveys, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Chequered Carpet Shell (Ruditapes decussatus), accessed 13 June 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/303/Species/287435>