| Stewartia floridana | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Lucinida |
| Family: | Lucinidae |
| Genus: | Stewartia Olsson, A. & Harbison, A. 1953 |
| Species: | S. floridana |
| Binomial name | |
| Stewartia floridana (Conrad, 1833) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Stewartia floridana is a bivalve of the family Lucinidae that is chemosymbiotic with sulfur-oxidizing bacteria. [1]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Florida.
References
- ↑ MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Stewartia floridana (Conrad, 1833). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420804 on 2022-10-30
- Distel, D. & Felbeck, H. (1987). Endosymbiosis in the lucinid clams Lucinoma aequizonata, Lucinoma annulata, and Lucina floridana: a reexamination of the functional morphology of the gills as bacteria-bearing organs. Marine Biology, 96, 79-86.
- Fisher, M. & Hand, S. (1984). Chemoautotrophic symbionts in the bivalve Lucina floridana from seagrass beds. Biological Bulletin, 167, 445-459.
- Olsson, A. & Harbison, A. (1953). Pliocene Mollusca of southern Florida: With special reference to those from North Saint Petersburg. Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.
- Turgeon, D. D., W. G. Lyons, P. Mikkelsen, G. Rosenberg, and F. Moretzsohn. 2009. Bivalvia (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 711–744 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College
- Taylor J. & Glover E. (2021). Biology, evolution and generic review of the chemosymbiotic bivalve family Lucinidae. London: The Ray Society [Publication 182]. 319 pp.
External links
- Conrad, T. A. (1833). Descriptions of new, recent and Miocene shells. The American Journal of Science and Arts. 23: 339–346
- Reeve, L. A. (1850-1851). Monograph of the genus Lucina. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 6, pl. 1-11 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London
- aylor J.D. & Glover E.A. (2016). Lucinid bivalves of Guadeloupe: diversity and systematics in the context of the tropical Western Atlantic (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Lucinidae). Zootaxa. 4196(3): 301-380.
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