Stewartia floridana
Stewartia floridana | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Veneroida |
Family: | Lucinidae |
Genus: | Stewartia Olsson, A. & Harbison, A. 1953 |
Species: | S. floridana |
Binomial name | |
Stewartia floridana (Conrad, 1833) | |
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Stewartia floridana is a bivalve of the family Lucinidae that is chemosymbiotic with sulfur-oxidizing bacteria. It is the sole species in the genus Stewartia.
References
- 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.
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