''Corbicula leana'', known as ''chamjaecheop'' (; "true '' jaecheop''") in

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and as ''mashijimi'' (; "true '' shijimi''") in

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, is a species of

freshwater Fresh water or freshwater is any naturally occurring liquid or frozen water containing low concentrations of dissolved salts and other total dissolved solids. Although the term specifically excludes seawater and brackish water, it does include ...

and

brackish Brackish water, sometimes termed brack water, is water occurring in a natural environment that has more salinity than freshwater, but not as much as seawater. It may result from mixing seawater (salt water) and fresh water together, as in estuari ...

water

clam Clam is a common name for several kinds of bivalve molluscs. The word is often applied only to those that are edible and live as infauna, spending most of their lives halfway buried in the sand of the seafloor or riverbeds. Clams have two she ...

s, distributed in the

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and the

Japanese archipelago The Japanese archipelago (Japanese: 日本列島, ''Nihon rettō'') is a archipelago, group of 6,852 islands that form the country of Japan, as well as the Russian island of Sakhalin. It extends over from the Sea of Okhotsk in the northeast to t ...

Culinary use

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, ''Corbicula leana'' are used in a

clam soup Clam soup is a soup prepared using clams as a primary ingredient. Clam soup can be prepared as a thin, broth- or cream/milk-based soup and as a thicker, chowder-style soup. In Japan, hot miso soup prepared with clams is believed by some to be a c ...

known as ''

jaecheop-guk ''Jaecheop-guk'' () is a clear ''guk'' (soup) made with ''jaecheop'', small freshwater marsh clams native to Korea. The soup is considered a local specialty of Yeongnam and Honam regions, where ''jaecheop'' are harvested in the lower reaches ...

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Jaecheop-guk ''Jaecheop-guk'' () is a clear ''guk'' (soup) made with ''jaecheop'', small freshwater marsh clams native to Korea. The soup is considered a local specialty of Yeongnam and Honam regions, where ''jaecheop'' are harvested in the lower reaches ...

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sujebi ''Sujebi'' * (, in S. Korea), ''ttŭdŏ-guk'' (, in N. Korea), or hand-pulled dough soup, or Korean-style pasta soup, is a Korean traditional soup consisting of dough flakes roughly torn by hand, with various vegetables. The flavor and recipe ...

References

Molluscs described in 1867 Cyrenidae Korean seafood Molluscs of the Pacific Ocean {{Bivalve-stub