Stewartia floridana
Species of bivalve
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Stewartia floridana is a bivalve of the family Lucinidae that is chemosymbiotic with sulfur-oxidizing bacteria.[1]
| Stewartia floridana | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| 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) | |
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Distribution
This marine species occurs off Florida.