Food and Medicinal Aspects of Freshwater Snail Filopaludina bengalensis (Lamarck, 1822)

Food is becoming more and scarce due to several negative factors. People only focus on the readily available foods in their vicinity that are limited well-known. Unexplored from forest out of our food baskets a metallic lifestyle creates lot health problems retards development nation. From forest’s wealth, plants known, but edible insects, snails, fish, other such species less known need be explored. Keeping this view, an attempt has been made find medicinal faunal wealth Odisha. A survey was carried selected districts (Sundargarh, Mayurbhanj, Cuttack, Keonjhar) Odisha state 2023 enumerated having values. Results revealed snails most common consumed as nutraceutical have fewer scientifically taxa medico-food aspects. In communication, uses Filopaludina bengalensis, freshwater snail, discussed, further advanced work recommended do value addition for sustainable utilization.