Habitat, biology, and fisheries: Active burrowers in various soft bottoms, sometimes nestling in rock crevices or among marine growths. Most common in low intertidal to shallow subtidal depths, especially in areas where organic debris is present in high concentration. Suspension feeders, filtering planktonic algae and organic matter from the water.Sexes generally separate.Eggs numerous, giving free-swimming pelagic larvae. In the area, many species of Veneridae are collected for food or commercially fished, sometimes in large quantities. Some represent major commercial species and are extensively cultivated to keep up with high demand and to compensate for effects of overexploitation and increasing pollution of coastal environments