Ptychidia ? turris de Basterot, 1825

* T [urritella]. Turris Nob. — de Basterot, 1825: 29, pl. 1, fig. 11.

? Turritella (Haustator) turris Basterot, 1825 var. — Hölzl, 1958: 180, pl. 18, fig. 1.

Turritella turris Basterot, 1825 — Lozouet et al., 2001: 29, pl. 7, figs 1a–1b (cum syn.).

? Turritella cf. eryna communiformis Voorthuysen, 1944 — Höltke, 2009: 83, figs 2, 26.

Discussion. The early Miocene French Turritella turris and its subjective junior synonym Turritella eryna d’Orbigny 1852, have been frequently reported from the Paratethys. Most of these occurrences are treated herein as Ptychidia erynella new sp. Some early Miocene (Eggenburgian/Ottnangian) occurrences, reported from the North Alpine Foreland Basin, however, may represent T. turris . The moderate preservation and the low number of specimens available to us, however, do not allow a clear identification.

Distribution.?Western Paratethys. North Alpine -Carpathian Foreland Basin: Gernergraben, Thalberggraben, Kaltenbachgraben, Ermingen (Germany) (Hölzl 1858; Höltke 2009).?Eastern Paratethys. Sakaraulian (early Burdigalian): Kvezani (Georgia) (Popov 1986). Proto-Mediterranean Sea. Burdigalian (early Miocene): Torino Hills: Baldissero, Albugnano, Valle Ceppi, Val Sanfrà (Italy) (Sacco 1895; Zunino & Pavia 2009); Langhian (middle Mio- cene): Torino Hills: Villa Allason (Italy). Northeastern Atlantic. Aquitanian and Burdigalian: e.g. Cestas, Léognan at Bordeaux, Martillac (Breyra), Mérignac, Saucats (Lariey, Peloua), Saint-Paul-lès-Dax (France) (Cossmann & Peyrot 1922; Lozouet et al. 2001).