Nils Hjalmar Odhner
Nils Hjalmar Odhner was a Swedish zoologist who studied mollusks, a malacologist. He was professor of invertebrate zoology at the Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, and 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
- Tritonia nilsodhneri Marcus, 1983
- Bulimulus sp. nov. nilsodhneri
The World Register of Marine Species lists 490 marine species named by Odhner. Many of these have become synonyms.