Harald A. Rehder
{{Short description|American malacologist}}
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 Species[http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxlist Marine taxa named by Rehder]
He graduated from Bowdoin College (BA), Harvard University (MA), George Washington University (PhD).{{cite web | url=https://siarchives.si.edu/collections/auth_per_fbr_eacp921 | title=Rehder, Harald Alfred, 1907- }}
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): [https://archive.org/stream/nautilus66amer#page/30/mode/2up 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
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