Conus legatus, common name the ambassador cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.

Like all species within the genus Conus, these snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all.

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Appearance

The size of the shell varies between 22 mm and 63 mm. The shell is small and rather narrow, with strong longitudinal chocolate markings over the reticulations.

Photos with Conus legatus

PRESERVED_SPECIMEN; Conus legatus Lamarck, 1810; Type status: N/A; Identified by: Monnier E. & Tenorio M.; Individual count: 1; Event date: N/A

PRESERVED_SPECIMEN; Conus legatus Lamarck, 1810; Type status: N/A; Identified by: Monnier E. & Tenorio M.; Individual count: 1; Event date: 2012-11-17T00:00:00Z

PRESERVED_SPECIMEN; Conus legatus Lamarck, 1810; Type status: N/A; Identified by: Monnier E. & Tenorio M.; Individual count: 1; Event date: 2014-06-12T00:00:00Z

PRESERVED_SPECIMEN; Conus legatus Lamarck, 1810; Type status: N/A; Identified by: Monnier E. & Tenorio M.; Individual count: 1; Event date: 2012-11-24T00:00:00Z

Distribution

Geography

Continents

Asia, Africa

Regions

French Polynesia, U.S. Minor Outlying Islands, American Samoa, Cook Islands, Guam, New Caledonia, Niue, Northern Mariana Islands, Tokelau, Wallis and Futuna, Mayotte, Hainan

Islands

Howland-Baker Island, Wake Island

Biogeographical realms

Palearctic, Oceanian, Australasian, Indomalayan, Afrotropical

This marine species occurs off Western Thailand, Okinawa, Japan; off French Polynesia; in the Indian Ocean off Mozambique, Seychelles, Mauritius and Réunion; off Australia (Queensland, Western Australia).