Stewartia floridana

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Stewartia floridana
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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
  • Lucina barbataReeve, 1850
  • Lucina floridanaConrad, 1833

Stewartia floridana is a bivalve of the family Lucinidae that is chemosymbiotic with sulfur-oxidizing bacteria. [1]

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Distribution

This marine species occurs off Florida.

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References

  1. 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