HAMINAEA-ELEGANS (GRAY, 1825) (OPISTHOBRANCHIA, CEPHALASPIDEA), A TRULY AMPHIATLANTIC SPECIES

Haminaea elegans (Gray, 1825), a tropical species considered as amphia tlantic by some authors solely on the basis of the shell, is recorded for the first time in West African equatorial waters. New data on the shell microsculpture, radula, jaws, gizzard plates, and soft parts are provided. Anatomical comparison with western Atlantic specimens confi rms the amphiatlantic status of this species. A review of the type mat erial of Haminaea taylorae Petuch, 1987, allows us to include this tax on as a junior synonym of Haminaea elegans.