Corbicula japonica Prime, 1864 is a animal in the Cyrenidae family, order Venerida, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Corbicula japonica Prime, 1864

Corbicula japonica Prime, 1864

Corbicula japonica Prime, 1864 is an edible brackish-water bivalve basket clam in the family Cyrenidae, with several common names including shijimi.

Family
Genus
Corbicula
Order
Venerida
Class
Bivalvia

About Corbicula japonica Prime, 1864

Corbicula japonica Prime, 1864 is an edible species of brackish-water basket clam. It is a bivalve mollusk that belongs to the family Cyrenidae. Common names for this species are Japanese basket clam, Japanese blue clam, and shijimi, which is its Japanese name.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Venerida Cyrenidae Corbicula

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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