Hanleya Temporal range:
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Hanleya hanleyi | |
Scientific classification
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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; [1] it is represented today by a number of species including H. sinica Xu 1990 (China), [2] [3] H. brachyplax (Brazil) [4] [5] and H. hanleyi Bean in Thorpe, 1844 (Chile), which feeds on sponges. [6]
Hanleya Temporal range:
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Hanleya hanleyi | |
Scientific classification
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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; [1] it is represented today by a number of species including H. sinica Xu 1990 (China), [2] [3] H. brachyplax (Brazil) [4] [5] and H. hanleyi Bean in Thorpe, 1844 (Chile), which feeds on sponges. [6]