
A KEY ro rue CLASSIFICATION or THs COWRIES 
(CYPRAEIDAE) 
By W. R. STEADMAN anv BERNARD C. COTTON, Concuotosisr, SourH AUSTRALIAN 
Museum. 
Plates viii-xiii 
INTRODUCTION. 
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 deseribed from Fiji are repro- 
duced. 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 Pro- 
vinces 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. 
Province. Region, 
1. West American (a) Californian, (b) Mexican, (¢) Galapagos. 
2, East American (a) Bermudian, (b) Caribbean, (e) Brazilian. 
3. Eurafrican (a) Southern Atlantic, (b) Guinean, (¢) Canarian, (d) Algerian, 
(a) European, 
4, Indian (a) Erythraean, (b) Persian, (¢) Cape of Good Hope, (d) African, 
(e) Lemurian, (f) Indian. 
5. Central 
Indopacific (a) Sumatran, (b) Molucean, (c) Java Sea, (d) Sulu Sea, 
(e) Japanese, (f) Dampierian, (g) Flindersian. 
6, Pacific (a) Solanderian, (b) Peronian, (c) Melanesian, (d@) Samoan, 
(e) Oceanic, (f) Micronesian, (g) Polynesian, (h) Hawaiian. 
SUBFAMILIES, 
Although subfamilies of the Cypraeidae have been recognized and used by 
recent authorities, the definition of them has been somewhat vague. We here 
describe and key the accepted subfamilies, carefully basing the descriptions on 
typical genera and using the salient features in the key. 
