Winged thecacera
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| phylum | Mollusca | 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. Thecacera pennigera has a short, wide head with two lateral flaps and two sheathed olfactory organs called rhinophores. The body is wedge shaped, being wide at the front and ending in a slender foot with a lateral keel on either side. Halfway along the body are two long, thin, postbranchial processes with white tips.
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| class | Gastropoda | |
| superfamily | Polyceroidea | |
| family | Polyceridae | |
| species | Thecacera pennigera |
