They're also called "boring clam", because in the wild they dig a hole in the rock and bury themselves in. So, rock it is. But if you really want to keep it in the sand, it will survive.
Their natural habitat is within the rock work where their Byssal strands can grab hold of the rock work to stabilize them. Eventually you will find them boring into the rock itself as do the maxima's.
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