Doto (gastropod)

Doto
	Doto varaderoensis with spawn
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Heterobranchia
Order:	Nudibranchia
Suborder:	Cladobranchia
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;

Doto is a genus of 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.

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