Species Detail - Golden Carpet Shell (Polititapes aureus) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Explore Your Shore".
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).
Polititapes aureus
Golden Carpet Shell
NHMSYS0021054890
RecommendedWell-formed
Paphia aurea , Paphia aurea (Gmelin, 1791), Tapes (Tapes) aureus (Gmelin, 1791), Tapes aureus (Gmelin, 1791), Venerupis aurea (Gmelin, 1791)
N/A
poaur
(Gmelin, 1791)
Mollusc
Species
3
3
3
20/12/2019
07/09/2022
31 January (recorded in 2022)
20 December (recorded in 2019)
National Biodiversity Data Centre, Explore Your Shore, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Golden Carpet Shell (Polititapes aureus), accessed 13 June 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/305/Species/287426>