Hanleya
| Hanleya Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
| Hanleya hanleyi | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Polyplacophora |
| Order: | Lepidopleurida |
| Family: | Hanleyidae |
| Genus: | Hanleya Gray, 1857 |
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.