About Nils Hjalmar Odhner
Lived 1884 – 1973 (aged 88). Nils Hjalmar Odhner was a Swedish zoologist and malacologist.
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 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.
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Who was Nils Hjalmar Odhner?
Swedish malacologist (1884–1973)
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Nils Hjalmar Odhner was born on 6 December 1884 in Stockholm.
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Nils Hjalmar Odhner died on 12 June 1973.
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Nils Hjalmar Odhner was a zoologist and malacologist.
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Nils Hjalmar Odhner was Swedish.
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