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 World Register of Marine Species lists 490 marine species named by Odhner. Many of these have become synonyms.