Species Detail - Banded Carpet Shell (Polititapes rhomboides) - 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 rhomboides
Banded Carpet Shell
NHMSYS0021054894
RecommendedWell-formed
Paphia rhomboides , Paphia rhomboides (Pennant, 1777), Polititapes virgineus (Linnaeus, 1767) sensu auct., Polititapes virgineus (Linnaeus, 1767), Tapes rhomboides (Pennant, 1777), Venerupis rhomboides
N/A
porho
(Pennant, 1777)
Mollusc
Species
17
9
8
30/12/2019
01/12/2024
3 March (recorded in 2024)
30 December (recorded in 2019)
National Biodiversity Data Centre, Explore Your Shore, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Banded Carpet Shell (Polititapes rhomboides), accessed 15 December 2025, https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/305/Species/287430