WoRMS taxon details
Dotidae J. E. Gray, 1853
Dotoidae · unaccepted (incorrect subsequent spelling)
Iduliidae Iredale & O'Donoghue, 1923 · unaccepted
- Genus Caecinella Bergh, 1870
- Genus Doto Oken, 1815
- Genus Kabeiro Shipman & Gosliner, 2015
- Genus Miesea Er. Marcus, 1961
- Genus Bornellopsis O'Donoghue, 1929 accepted as Doto Oken, 1815
- Genus Dotilla Bergh, 1879 accepted as Doto Oken, 1815 (invalid: junior homonym of Dotilla Stimpson, 1858; Iduliella is a replacement name)
- Genus Dotona Iredale, 1918 accepted as Doto Oken, 1815 (invalid: junior homonym of Dotona Carter, 1880)
- Subfamily Embletoniinae Pruvot-Fol, 1954 accepted as Embletoniidae Pruvot-Fol, 1954 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Genus Gellina J. E. Gray, 1850 accepted as Doto Oken, 1815 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Idalia Leach, 1847 accepted as Doto Oken, 1815 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Idulia Leach, 1852 accepted as Doto Oken, 1815 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling, error for Idalia Leach, 1847)
- Genus Iduliella Thiele, 1931 accepted as Doto Oken, 1815 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Timorella Bergh, 1905 accepted as Doto Oken, 1815
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Gray J. E. (1853). Revision of the families of nudibranch mollusks, with a description of a new genus of Phyllidiadae. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> ser. 2, 11: 218-221., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13785956
page(s): 220; note: original spelling Dotonidae. Placed on the Official List with the spelling Dotidae. [details]
page(s): 220; note: original spelling Dotonidae. Placed on the Official List with the spelling Dotidae. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Dotidae J. E. Gray, 1853. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=187 on 2026-03-25
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Nomenclature
original description
Gray J. E. (1853). Revision of the families of nudibranch mollusks, with a description of a new genus of Phyllidiadae. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> ser. 2, 11: 218-221., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13785956
page(s): 220; note: original spelling Dotonidae. Placed on the Official List with the spelling Dotidae. [details]
original description (of Iduliidae Iredale & O'Donoghue, 1923) Iredale, T. & O'Donoghue, C. H. (1923). List of British nudibranchiate Mollusca. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 15(5): 195-233., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30347194
page(s): 210 [details]
basis of record Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. <em>Malacologia.</em> 47 (1-2): 1-397. [20 July]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25127200 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 220; note: original spelling Dotonidae. Placed on the Official List with the spelling Dotidae. [details]
original description (of Iduliidae Iredale & O'Donoghue, 1923) Iredale, T. & O'Donoghue, C. H. (1923). List of British nudibranchiate Mollusca. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 15(5): 195-233., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30347194
page(s): 210 [details]
basis of record Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. <em>Malacologia.</em> 47 (1-2): 1-397. [20 July]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25127200 [details] Available for editors
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taxonomy source
Goodheart, J. A.; Bazinet, A. L.; Valdés, Á.; Collins, A. G.; Cummings, M. P. (2017). Prey preference follows phylogeny: evolutionary dietary patterns within the marine gastropod group Cladobranchia (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia: Nudibranchia). <em>BMC Evolutionary Biology.</em> 17(1)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-017-1066-0 [details]
status source ICZN. (1964). Opinion 697. <i>Doto</i> Oken, 1815 (Gastropoda): validated under the plenary powers. <em>Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 21 (2): 97-100., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12221946 [details]
status source ICZN. (1964). Opinion 697. <i>Doto</i> Oken, 1815 (Gastropoda): validated under the plenary powers. <em>Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 21 (2): 97-100., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12221946 [details]
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Spelling Original spelling Dotonidae. Placed on the Official List by ICZN Opinion 697 with the spelling Dotidae. [details]
