Nils Hjalmar Odhner Explained

Nils Hjalmar Odhner (6 December 1884 – 12 June 1973) 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 (1918–1990).

Taxa

Species named in honor of this malacologist include:

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

Notes and References

  1. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxlist&searchpar=4&tComp=contains&tName=Odhner WoRMS: Species named by Odhner