Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Polyplacophora > Subclass Neoloricata > Order Lepidopleurida > Suborder Lepidopleurina > Family Hanleyidae > Genus Hanleya

Hanleya hanleyi (W. Bean, 1844)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Hanleya*	J. E. Gray, 1857	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Lepidopleurus carinatus*	Dall, 1927	junior homonym; nom. inval.
*Chiton abyssorum*	G. O. Sars, 1878	synonym
*Chiton hanleyi*	W. Bean, 1844	synonym
*Chiton nagelfar*	Lovén, 1846	synonym
*Hanleya dalli*	Kaas, 1957	synonym
*Hanleya debilis*	Gray, 1857	synonym
*Hanleya nagelfar*	(Lovén, 1846)	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: eastern hanleya; Hanley's chiton sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

Norwegian Bokmål: svampleddsnegl sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Nynorsk: svampleddsnigel

Literature

basis of record	Sirenko B., Sigwart J. & Dell'Angelo B. (2016). Hanleya hanleyi (Bean in Thorpe, 1844) (Mollusca, Polyplacophora) and the influence of the Gulf Stream System on its distribution. Ruthenica. 26(2): 57-70.
additional source	Taviani, M.; Sosso, M.; Dell'Angelo, B. (2023). Chitons from deep-water mollusk-rich deposits in the southwestern Adriatic Sea (Mollusca, Polyplacophora). Diversity. 15(3): 359: 1-17.
additional source	Kaas P. & Van Belle R. A. (1985). Monograph of living Chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). Vol. 1. Order Neoloricata: Lepidopleurina. E. J. Brill/W. Backhuys eds. Leiden 244 pp.:
additional source	Bousfield, E.L. 1960. Canadian Atlantic sea shells. National Museum of Canada, Ottawa. 72 p.
additional source	Dell'Angelo, B.; Landau, B. M.; Van Dingenen, F.; Ceulemans, L. (2018). The upper Miocene chitons of northwest France (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). Zootaxa. 4447(1): 1-62.
additional source	Turgeon, D., Quinn, J. F., Bogan, A. E., Coan, E. V., Hochberg, F. G., Lyons, W. G., Mikkelsen, P. M., Neves, R. J., Roper, C. F. E., Rosenberg, G., Roth, B., Scheltema, A., Thompson, F. G., Vecchione, M., Williams, J. D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Hanleya hanleyi (W. Bean, 1844). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140082