Species Detail - Chequered Carpet Shell (Ruditapes decussatus) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "iNaturalist Marine Species Records for Ireland".
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
5
2
2
09/09/2018
18/03/2020
1 January (recorded in 2025)
16 December (recorded in 2024)
iNaturalist, iNaturalist Marine Species Records for Ireland, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Chequered Carpet Shell (Ruditapes decussatus), accessed 14 December 2025, https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/387/Species/287435