Rooster venus (Paphia gallus) is present in the Indo-West Pacific Region: from western India to Papua New Guinea; north to Taiwan Province of China and the south China Sea, and south to New South Wales.In India is collected for subsistence in the northern part of the area. Only P. sinuosa is present in the western part of the Indian Ocean; exploitation in this area not known. It is commonly found in intertidal areas in sand and mud (Froese and Pauly 2016).