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Doto ostenta Burn, 1958

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Doto ostenta Burn, 1958
Name authority
Burn, 1958
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Nudibranchia
Family
Dotidae
Genus
Doto
Extinction status
Not supplied by this source

Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumMollusca
  4. classGastropoda Cuvier, 1795
  5. subclassHeterobranchia Burmeister, 1837
  6. infraclassEuthyneura Spengel, 1881
  7. subterclassRingipleura
  8. superorderNudipleura Wägele & Willan, 2000
  9. orderNudibranchia Cuvier, 1817
  10. suborderDendronotina Odhner, 1934
  11. superfamilyDendronotoidea Allman, 1845
  12. familyDotidae J. E. Gray, 1853
  13. genusDoto Oken, 1815
  14. speciesDoto ostenta Burn, 1958

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Doto. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Crowned GrapedragonDoto coronata (Gmelin, 1791)DotidaeMolluscaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Doto curere Ortea, 2001DotidaeMolluscaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Doto cuspidata Alder & Hancock, 1862DotidaeMolluscaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Doto divae Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1960DotidaeMolluscaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Doto floridicola Simroth, 1888DotidaeMolluscaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Doto fluctifraga Ortea & J. M. Pérez, 1982DotidaeMolluscaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Doto fragaria Ortea & Bouchet, 1989DotidaeMolluscaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Doto fragilis (Forbes, 1838)DotidaeMolluscaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Doto galapagoensis Ortea, 2010DotidaeMolluscaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Doto greenamyeri Shipman & Gosliner, 2015DotidaeMolluscaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Doto hydrallmaniae Morrow, Thorpe & Picton, 1992DotidaeMolluscaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Doto japonica Odhner, 1936DotidaeMolluscaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

Browse 34 records assigned to Dotidae.

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. Burn, R. F. (1958). Further Victorian Opisthobranchia. Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia, 1. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:37HGG. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.