Name Nils Odhner | Died June 12, 1973 | |
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 World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) lists 490 marine species named by Odhner. Many of these have become synonyms.
References
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