Corbicula leana
Corbicula leana, known as chamjaecheop (참재첩; "true jaecheop") in Korean and as mashijimi (真蜆; "true shijimi") in Japanese, is a species of freshwater and brackish water clams, distributed in the Korean Peninsula and the Japanese archipelago.[1]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Subclass: | Heterodonta |
| Order: | Venerida |
| Superfamily: | Cyrenoidea |
| Family: | Cyrenidae |
| Genus: | Corbicula |
| Species: | C. leana |
| Binomial name | |
| Corbicula leana Prime, 1867 | |
Culinary use
In Korean cuisine, Corbicula leana are used in a clam soup known as jaecheop-guk.
Jaecheop-sujebi
References
- Köhler, F. (2011). "Corbicula leana". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2011: e.T189564A8748990. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T189564A8748990.en. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
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