
504 RECORDS OF THE S.A. MUSEUM 
KEY TO SUBFAMILIES. 
a. Globular and beaked .. ae ns us an wns = .. Pustulartinae 
aa. Not globular or beaked. 
b. Pustulose or granulose .. a ae ran oo ws .. Staphylacinae 
bb. Smooth. 
ec, Deeply umbilicata .. 7 os ta ra 24 .. Ombiliinae 
ec. Not deeply umbilicate. 
d, Teeth weak and incomplete .. oe as ve .. Gotlinae 
dd, Teeth normally developed, 
e. Outer lip characteristically produced posteriorly .. Cypraeovulinae 
ee. Outer lip normal. 
f. Malleated .. Sh Ab e ini ie ,- Austrocypracinae 
ff. Not malleated. 
g. Shell cylindrical, 
h. Teeth fine ‘t as wt v's .. Talpariinae 
hh. Teeth coarse ., . 4 af .. Erroneinae 
gg. Shell pyriform or ovate. 
i. Pyriform .. > a Adustiinae 
ii. Ovate or elongate ovate. 
j. Elongate ovate i an .. Nariinae 
ji. Ovate. 
k, Base spreading, 
1. Hump backed a .. Mauritiinae 
ll. Not hump backed... -. HErosartinae 
kk, Base not spreading a .. Oypraecinae 
Subfamily PusruLartinaz. 
Twenty millimetres in length or less; globular ; extremities beaked ; irregularly 
spotted or unicoloured ; smooth or granulose; teeth very fine, not produced across 
the base; margin not calloused ; weakly umbilicate; base rounded, not spreading. 
Schilder, 1938, 125 places a number of genera, including the type of this 
subfamily, under Nariinae, but it is a heterogenous group of which Pustwaria is 
a quite distinct type. Genera are: Pustwaria Swainson, 1840, Cypraea cicercula 
Linné, 1758 — Epona H. & A. Adams, 1854, same genotype, Propustularia 
Schilder, 1927, Cypraea surinamensis Perry, 1811. Annepona Iredale, 1935, Pus- 
tularia mariae Schilder, 1927 = Cypraea annulata Gray, 1828, nom. nud, Ipsa 
Jousseaume, 1884, Cypraea childreni Gray, 1825. 
KEY TO GENERA OF PUSTULARIINAE, 
a. Prominently beaked. 
b. Pustulose .. As oe ae t4 it a6 ye .. Pustularia 
bb. Smooth a pa wt ao a3 af ke Propustularia 
aa. Moderately beaked, smooth or vermiculate, 
ec. Smooth as re na ea ae or a -. Annepona 
ec. Vermiculately striate all over “4 MS “ 4 .. Ipsa 
Subfamily StapHYLAEINAE. 
Thirty millimetres in length or less; elongate ovate; extremities produced; 
regularly spotted ; granulose; teeth strong, more or less produced across the base ; 
margin not calloused ; not umbilicate; base rounded, not spreading. Genera are: 
Staphylaea Jousseaume, 1884, Cypraea staphylaea Linné, 1758. Purperosa Ire- 
dale, 1935, Purperosa facifer Iredale, 1935. Nuclearia Jousseaume, 1884, Cypraca 
nucleus Linné, 1758. Eustaphylaea gen. nov., Cypraea semiplota Mighels, 1845. 
