It can be found in shallow water in temperate parts of the west Pacific Ocean and is cultivated in China, Japan, and Korea for human consumption.

[2] Anadara kagoshimensis is found around the coasts of Japan and South Korea, buried in soft sediments in the subtidal zone.

[2] Anadara species do not have long siphons but normally lie in the sediment with their posterior end level with the surface or in a slight depression in the mud.

This ability to live and feed in muddy substrates enables members of the genus Anadara to exploit a niche habitat that other bivalves tend to avoid.

[2] Predators that feed on Anadara kagoshimensis include the mallard, (Anas platyrhynchos), the tufted duck (Aythya fuligula), blue crabs (Portunus pelagicus), predatory snails and the common octopus.

The newly settled larvae are preyed upon by the Japanese sea bass (Lateolabrax japonicus), eels and other fish as well as starfish, drills and blue crabs.

[2] Specially designed, long collecting devices are made of wire and palm fibre and the spat settles on these over an attachment period of 3 to 4 days.