Corbicula japonica
| Corbicula japonica | |
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| 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
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Shijimi miso soup
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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
- ↑ 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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