OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Conidae
Conus legatus Lamarck, 1810
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Conus legatus Lamarck, 1810
Conus musivum Sowerby I, 1833
Common Name
The Ambassador Cone p.sp. 85 Reeve, L.A. 1843.
Distribution
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: N coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Mozambique
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Seychelles
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Mascarene Islands: Reunion
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Eastern Indian Ocean: Thailand (W)
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Philippines
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Western Australia
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Queensland
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China: Japan: Ryukyu Islands (Loo-Chu Islands, Nansi-Shoto): Okinawa
Kosuge, S. 1985. p. 27
Keywords
depth: continental shelf [ to 50 m {Rocke1995x55}
]
depth: shallow subtidal [ from 3 m {Rocke1995x55}
]
depth: subtidal
habitat: coral reef [ reef lagoon to outer reef slope {Rocke1995x55}
]
substrate: in coral rubble
substrate: in sand
References
Hinton, A. 1972. p.76, fig. 13 General reference
Reeve, L.A. 1843. pl. 16, sp. 85 General reference
Röckel, D., Korn, W. & Kohn, A.J. 1995. p.307, pl. 66, figs. 8-10 Contains synonymy
Salvat, B. & Rives, C. 1975. p.355, fig. 361 General reference
Wilson, B. 1994. p.208, pl. 41, fig. 4 General reference
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Visceroconcha
Gastropoda
Orthogastropoda
Caenogastropoda
Sorbeoconcha
Hypsogastropoda
Neogastropoda
Conoidea
Conidae Rafinesque, 1815
Conus Linnaeus, 1758
Conus legatus Lamarck, 1810
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=14392) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by benamy on 2002-04-29.