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

Korean Korean may refer to: People and culture * Koreans, people from the Korean peninsula or of Korean descent * Korean culture * Korean language **Korean alphabet, known as Hangul or Korean **Korean dialects **See also: North–South differences in t ...

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. The term excludes seawater and brackish water, but it does include non-salty mi ...

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 mollusc. The word is often applied only to those that are deemed edible and live as infauna, spending most of their lives halfway buried in the sand of the sea floor or riverbeds. Clams h ...

s, distributed in the

Korean Peninsula Korea is a peninsular region in East Asia consisting of the Korean Peninsula, Jeju Island, and smaller islands. Since the end of World War II in 1945, it has been politically divided at or near the 38th parallel between North Korea (Dem ...

and the

Japanese archipelago The is an archipelago of list of islands of Japan, 14,125 islands that form the country of Japan. It extends over from the Sea of Okhotsk in the northeast to the East China Sea, East China and Philippine Sea, Philippine seas in the southwest al ...

Culinary use

Korean cuisine Korean cuisine is the set of foods and culinary styles which are associated with Korean culture. This cuisine has evolved through centuries of social and political change. Originating from ancient Prehistoric Korea, agricultural and nomad ...

, ''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 ...

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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References

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