†Mesolobus Dunbar and Condra 1932 (lamp shell)
Strophomenata - Productida - Rugosochonetidae
Synonym: Ussurichonetes [nomen nudum]
Full reference: C. O. Dunbar and G. E. Condra. 1932. Brachiopoda of the Pennsylvanian System in Nebraska. Geological Survey of Nebraska Bulletin, Second Series 5:1-377
Parent taxon: Capillomesolobinae according to A. Williams et al. 2000
Sister taxa: Capillomesolobus, Tenuichonetes
Subtaxa: Mesolobus inflata, Mesolobus mesoplicus, Mesolobus plicatiformis, Mesolobus striatus
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder