sordellii
Sordellii is a Latin-derived species epithet used in the scientific names of several organisms. In biological nomenclature, the suffix -ii is a patronym, often indicating the species was named in honor of a person with the surname Sordell (or a related name such as Sordellius). The exact honoree may vary by taxon and original describer, and in some cases the origin is not definitively documented.
The best-known use of sordellii is in Clostridium sordellii, a Gram-positive, anaerobic, spore-forming bacterium. Clostridium sordellii
Beyond Clostridium sordellii, the epithet appears in other species across different groups, reflecting the historical practice