Corbicula japonica | |
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Shijimi (Corbicula japonica) being sold in Kuwana City, Japan | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Venerida |
Superfamily: | Cyrenoidea |
Family: | Cyrenidae |
Genus: | Corbicula |
Species: | C. japonica
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Binomial name | |
Corbicula japonica Prime, 1864
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Corbicula japonica is an edible species of brackishwater clam, a bivalve mollusk in the family Cyrenidae, the basket clams. Its common names include Japanese basket clam, Japanese blue clam, and shijimi (its Japanese name).[1][2]