Octodrilus transpadanus (Rosa, 1884)

Rota, Emilia, Schembri, Patrick J. & Omodeo, Pietro, 2017, Earthworms of Malta (Annelida: Clitellata: Acanthodrilidae, Hormogastridae, Lumbricidae), Zootaxa 4311 (2), pp. 287-291 : 289

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4311.2.11
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:BDF3EBF8-378E-47A4-94DF-B024AB868DA8
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6010873
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039B9C1B-1924-0F62-FF6C-14A97CF389F9
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Octodrilus transpadanus (Rosa, 1884)
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Octodrilus transpadanus (Rosa, 1884) View in CoL

St. 5, 10.03.1983, 1 ad.

The first earthworm species recorded from Malta ( Baldasseroni 1907). Csuzdi & Sciberras (2014) reported it from around St. Georges Bay, a heavily urbanized area surrounding a small valley (Wied Harq Hamiem). Trans-Aegean, absent from the Iberian Peninsula, France, Sardinia and North Africa. In southern Italy it is only known from Apulia and eastern Sicily (Avola, Siracusa Province; Omodeo 1964).