''Stewartia floridana'' is a bivalve of the family

Lucinidae Lucinidae, common name hatchet shells, is a family of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs. These bivalves are remarkable for their endosymbiosis with sulphide-oxidizing bacteria. Characteristics The members of this family have a worldwid ...

that is chemosymbiotic with sulfur-oxidizing bacteria. 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

Distribution

This marine species occurs off

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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. * 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 ublication 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.
{{Taxonbar, from=Q14404123 Lucinidae Bivalves described in 1833