Ptychidia, Handmann, 1882

Harzhauser, Mathias & Landau, Bernard, 2019, Turritellidae (Gastropoda) of the Miocene Paratethys Sea with considerations about turritellid genera, Zootaxa 4681 (1), pp. 1-136 : 108

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).