| Corbicula japonica | |
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| Shijimi (Corbicula japonica) being sold in Kuwana City, Japan | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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]
- ^ "Corbicula japonica, Japanese corbicula : fisheries". www.sealifebase.ca. Retrieved 2020-03-31.
- ^ Ishihara, Yukio; Ueta, Kazumi; Bito, Tomohiro; Takenaka, Shigeo; Yabuta, Yukinori; Watanabe, Fumio (2013). "Characterization of vitamin B12 compounds from the brackish-water bivalve Corbicula japonica". Fisheries Science. 79 (2): 321–326. doi:10.1007/s12562-013-0596-7. S2CID 15171596.