| Hanleya Temporal range: Oligocene–Miocene[1] |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Polyplacophora |
| Order: | Neoloricata |
| Family: | Hanleyidae |
| Genus: | Hanleya Gray, 1857 |
Hanleya is a genus of polyplacophoran mollusc known from Oligocene and Miocene fossils;[1] it is represented today by a number of species including H. sinica Xu 1990 (China),[2][3] H. brachyplax (Brazil)[4] and H. hanleyi Bean in Thorpe, 1844 (Chile), which feeds on sponges.[5]