Species Detail - Queen Scallop (Aequipecten opercularis) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Water Framework Directive (WFD) Benthos Monitoring (Ireland) 2012 - ongoing".
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).
Aequipecten opercularis
Queen Scallop
NBNSYS0000173626
RecommendedUnverified
N/A
aeope
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Mollusc
Species
4
3
2
20/01/2015
18/04/2023
9 January (recorded in 2016)
30 December (recorded in 2019)
Marine Institute, Water Framework Directive (WFD) Benthos Monitoring (Ireland) 2012 - ongoing, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Queen Scallop (Aequipecten opercularis), accessed 15 January 2026, https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/440/Species/120344