Harald A. Rehder

Harald Alfred Rehder (June 5, 1907 – November 10, 1996) was an American malacologist. His wife, Lois Corea Rehder (1911–1988), was also a malacologist.

He (and/or his wife) named 172 marine taxa according to the World Register of Marine SpeciesMarine taxa named by Rehder

He graduated from Bowdoin College (BA), Harvard University (MA), George Washington University (PhD).

He was a leading authority on the systematics and biogeography of the molluscan fauna of Polynesia. He introduced 238 new taxa on Mollusca.

Works Rehder H. A. (July) 1952. Harold John Finlay, 1901-1951. The Nautilus 66(1): 30-31. Florence A. Ruhoff (1973), Bibliography and Zoological Taxa of Paul Bartsch, Biographical Sketch by Harald A. Rehder, Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, Number 143 M. J. Sweeney & M. J. Harasewych, 1999. Harald A. Rehder (1907-1996): biographical sketch and malacological contributions. The Nautilus 113(4): 127-150, portraits

See also List of malacologists

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