Triakis wardi was a hound shark and part of the diverse carcharhiniform fauna of the early Eocene. Like living Triakis and other triakids, it was probably an active shelf predator that moved between the seabed and lower water column in search of manageable prey.

Its low asymmetrical teeth formed a cutting and gripping edge suited to a varied diet rather than a single specialised food source. Small fishes, crustaceans and other invertebrates are all plausible prey.

The species is known mainly from isolated teeth, so its exact body size and behaviour cannot be reconstructed. It nevertheless records the presence of versatile, relatively small predatory sharks within the London Clay ecosystem alongside much larger and more specialised hunters.