''Hanleya'' is a genus of

polyplacophoran Chitons () are marine (ocean), marine molluscs of varying size in the class (biology), class Polyplacophora (), formerly known as Amphineura. About 940 Extant taxon, extant and 430 fossil species are recognized. They are also sometimes known ...

mollusc Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is esti ...

s known from Oligocene and

Miocene The Miocene ( ) is the first geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about (Ma). The Miocene was named by Scottish geologist Charles Lyell; the name comes from the Greek words (', "less") and (', "new") and means "less recen ...

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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Prehistoric chiton genera Chiton genera Oligocene genus first appearances Miocene genus extinctions {{paleo-mollusc-stub