Corbicula japonica

Corbicula japonica
Corbicula japonica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Heterodonta
Order: Veneroida
Superfamily: Cyrenoidea
Family: Cyrenidae
Genus: Corbicula
Species: C. japonica
Binomial name
Corbicula japonica
(Prime, 1846)

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

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

As food

Shijimi miso soup
Miso soup made of Japanese littleneck clams (Asari).

Shijimi and Asari (Venerupis philippinarum) is most popular bivalvia using miso soup in Japan. And also using Tsukudani. Shijimi is one of the most delicious clams.[note 1] G

See also

References

  1. 日本産淡水貝類図鑑〈1〉琵琶湖・淀川産の淡水貝類 (ピーシーズ生態写真図鑑シリーズ) 紀平 肇 (著), 内山 りゅう (著), 松田 征也 (著)
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