Nils Hjalmar Odhner

Nils Hjalmar Odhner (1884–1973) was a Swedish zoologist who studied mollusks, a malacologist. During his lifetime he was professor of invertebrate zoology at the Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm. He was a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

He was the father of ambassador Bengt Odhner.

Taxa

Species named in honor of this malacologist include:

• The White-Knight Nudibranch Doris odhneri (MacFarland, 1966)
• Tritonia nilsodhneri Marcus, 1983
• Bulimulus sp. nov. 'nilsodhneri'

The World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) lists 490 marine species named by Odhner. Many of these have become synonyms. ^[1]

References

1. WoRMS: Species named by Odhner