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.WoRMS: Species named by Odhner
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