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蜆 (しじみ, Shijimi) is Basket clams — a Japanese food (water animals).
What is Basket clams?
Shijimi refer to various species of clams in the genus Corbicula. This genus, which contains brackish and freshwater species, is part of the family Cyrenidae, the basket clams. There are three common types of shijimi : Romaji Kanji Common Name Species ma-shijimi 真蜆 C leana yamato-shijimi 大和蜆 Japanese basket clam C japonica seta-shijimi 瀬田蜆 C sandai