Kingdom Animalia Class Polyplacophora Family Hanleyidae | Phylum Mollusca Order Neoloricata Rank Genus | |
Similar Callochiton, Leptochiton, Lepidochitona, Acanthochitonidae, Acanthochitona | ||
Hanleya is a genus of polyplacophoran molluscs known from Oligocene and Miocene fossils; it is represented today by a number of species including H. sinica Xu 1990 (China), H. brachyplax (Brazil) and H. hanleyi Bean in Thorpe, 1844 (Chile), which feeds on sponges.
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