Corbicula japonica
Corbicula japonica is an edible species of brackishwater clam, a bivalve mollusk in the family Cyrenidae, the basket clams.
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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
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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
- "Corbicula japonica, Japanese corbicula : fisheries". www.sealifebase.ca. Retrieved 2020-03-31.
- "Characterization of vitamin B12 compounds from the brackish-water bivalve Corbicula japonica". link.springer.com. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
- 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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