Doto (gastropod)

Doto
Doto varaderoensis with spawn
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Nudipleura clade Nudibranchia clade Dexiarchia clade Cladobranchia clade Dendronotida
Superfamily:	Tritonioidea
Family:	Dotidae
Genus:	Doto Oken, 1815
Type species
Doris coronata Gmelin, 1791
Synonyms
Dotilla Bergh, 1879 (invalid: junior homonym of Dotilla Stimpson, 1858; Iduliella is a replacement name) Dotona Iredale, 1918 (invalid: junior homonym of Dotona Carter, 1880) Gellina Gray, 1850 Idalia Gray, 1847 Idulia Leach, 1852 Iduliella Thiele, 1931 Timorella Bergh, 1905

clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Dexiarchia
clade Cladobranchia
clade Dendronotida

Doto is a genus of dendronotid sea slug, a nudibranch in the Family Dotidae. This genus feeds on hydroids, as reflected by its serrated radula.

Oken's 1815 Lehrbuch der Naturgeschichte has been placed by ICZN Opinion 417 on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Works in Zoology, but an exception was made for Doto which has been placed by ICZN Opinion 697 on the Official List of Generic Names.

Species within the genus Doto include:

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