Hanleya
Sign in to saveHanleya 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.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassPolyplacophora
- OrderLepidopleurida
- FamilyHanleyidae
Habitatmarine
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 51
- Family
- Hanleyidae
- Collections
- USNM, MZLU, MNHN, SBMNH, NRM, FWRI
- Recorded in
- United States, Sweden, Corse, Mer Tyrrhenienne, Norway, Faroe Islands, France
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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.
== References ==
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