[1] A. ephippium is found primarily in sheltered conditions in the low intertidal and sublittoral zones.

The mechanism by which they are able to attach themselves to these surfaces is by a muscle which passes through a large hole, located in the under-valve region of the specimen.

[4] A. ephippium has a 2–3 cm large thin, brittle, translucent shell structured by foliated calcite.

[6] While information on A. ephippium's specific reproductive strategies is unavailable because they don't have a pennis , jingle shells reproduce through spawning.

After the larval stage, Anomia ephippium develop into a bivalve veliger, which is of resemblance of a miniature clam.