#4596 · 🐌 snails, slugs & other molluscs

Winged Thecacera

🇳🇱 Gestippelde mosdierslak ·Thecacera pennigera

🐌 Snails, slugs & other molluscs 📍 in the Netherlands

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Nathan Jackson · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Bernard Picton · CC BY 4.0
3. © unorthodox_sketch · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Bernard Picton · CC BY 4.0
5. © Matty Testoni · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Oosterschelde, Zeeuwse meren, 158_13_400, NL:© Stefan · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Zeelandbrug, Zierikzee, Netherlands:© Glenn Biscop · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Zeelandbrug, Zierikzee, Nederland:© Glenn Biscop · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Zeelandbrug 2de pijler:© Glenn Biscop · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. duikstek Zeelandbrug, Nederland:© Lynn Biscop · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Thecacera pennigera , common name the winged thecacera , is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Polyceridae.

base stats

NL sightings 161iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 831iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

Spotted 161 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #28 most seen of the snails, slugs & other molluscs in NL.
831 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.