Corbicula japonica

Corbicula japonica is an edible species of brackishwater clam, a bivalve mollusk in the family Cyrenidae, the basket clams.

Corbicula japonica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Heterodonta
Order: Venerida
Superfamily: Cyrenoidea
Family: Cyrenidae
Genus: Corbicula
Species:
C. japonica
Binomial name
Corbicula japonica
(Prime, 1864)

The common names of the species include Shijimi (after its Japanese name), Japanese basket clam, or Japanese blue clam.[1][2]

As food
Shijimi miso soup

Shijimi and Asari (Venerupis philippinarum) are the most popular bivalvia-using miso soups in Japan, as well as soups using Tsukudani.[3]

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See also

References
    1. "Corbicula japonica, Japanese corbicula : fisheries". www.sealifebase.ca. Retrieved 2020-03-31.
    2. "Characterization of vitamin B12 compounds from the brackish-water bivalve Corbicula japonica". link.springer.com. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
    3. Kasai, Akihide; Toyohara, Haruhiko; Nakata, Akiko; Miura, Tsunehiro; Azuma, Nobuyuki (2006-01-01). "Food sources for the bivalve Corbicula japonica in the foremost fishing lakes estimated from stable isotope analysis". Fisheries Science. 72 (1): 105–114. doi:10.1111/j.1444-2906.2006.01123.x. ISSN 1444-2906.
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