A KEY TO THE CLASSIFICATION OF THE COWRIES 
(CYPRAEIDAE) 
By W. R. STEADMAN AND BERNARD C. COTTON, CONCHOLOGIST, 
SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM 
Summary 
In the following paper descriptions of Subfamilies are given and keys to both 
subfamilies and genera. Notes and descriptions of new species and genera are also 
added under the respective subfamilies, while illustrations of new species and a 
number holotypes and animals previously described from Fiji are reproduced. 
Pseudocypraea adamsonii Sowerby we regard as belonging to the Triviidae or to a 
separate family so that it is not included here. In the lists the genotypes of the various 
genera are given. The names of species and subspecies are followed by the Author’s 
name and date, after which is added the type locality and then the distribution. The 
latter is abbreviated by using a system of figures for the Provinces and letters for the 
Regions. Where an asterisk is placed after a locality, it indicates that we here 
designate that locality as type locality. The Provinces and Regions agree generally 
with those accepted by Schilder and Schilder, 1939, with minor alterations, and are 
here listed. 
