List of pasta

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cells: Anelli, anelloni, anellini, anelletti
Short tubular, or annular-shaped, pasta sometimes with ridges on the inside or outside.[32]
Rings, small rings.
Anelloni d'Africa (large rings) [33]
cells: Calamarata
Wide ring shaped pasta
Squid-like
cells: Calamaretti
Little squids
cells: Casarecce
Short lengths extruded into a S shape.[34]
From casereccio meaning homemade.
Casarecci, Cesariccia[4]
cells: Cavatappi
Corkscrew-shaped macaroni.
Corkscrews
Cellentani,[35] amori, spirali, tortiglioni, or fusilli rigati.
cells: Chifferi
Short and wide macaroni. Can be smooth (lisce) or furrowed (rigati).
From the Austrian cookies Kipferl.[36]
cells: Fagioloni
Short narrow tube
Large beans
cells: Fusilli
Long, thick, corkscrew-shaped pasta that may be solid or hollow.
The word fusilli presumably comes from Italian: fuso, meaning "spindle".[37]
Eliche, girandole, rotini, tortiglioni, spirali[4][37]
cells: Fusilli bucati
A hollow version of Fusilli.[38] Note: different shapes can be attached to this name. Can be long, short or twined (lunghi, corti or gemellati).[39]
Holed spindles
Busiata, maccaruna di casa, pirciati, filati cu lu pirtuso, fusilli col buco.[40][39]
cells: Gemelli
A single S-shaped strand of pasta twisted in a loose spiral.
The name derives from the Italian for twins.[15]
cells: Gomiti
Elbow maccheroni, furrowed.
From gomito, "elbow".[41]
cells: Maccheroni
Tubes, either bent or straight[42]
From Greek for food made from barley[43]
Macaroni[4] (outside of Italy), maccheroncini[44]
Naples[44]
cells: Maccheroncelli
Hollow tube-shaped pasta that is slightly smaller than a pencil in thickness[45]
Small maccheroni
cells: Marziani
Short spirals
Martians (refers to the antennae of cartoon martians)[citation needed]
cells: Mezzani pasta
Short curved tube[46][47]
Half-size ones
Perciatelloni, Mezze Zite, Regine, Scaloppi, Napoletani[4]
cells: Mezze penne
Short version of penne
Half-pens
cells: Mezzi bombardoni
Wide short tubes
Half bombards
cells: Paccheri
Large tube pasta often topped with sauce or stuffed with ingredients.[48] May collapse under own weight when cooking.[49]
from Napolitan paccharia, "Slaps" with a depreciative -ero to indicate something common.[49] The name has been ascribed to a slapping sound they may make when eaten.[48]
Naples[49]
cells: Pasta al ceppo
Sheet pasta that is similar in shape to a cinnamon stick[50]
Log-type pasta
cells: Penne
Medium length tubes with ridges, cut diagonally at both ends. They can be either lisce (smooth) or rigate (grooved). Mostaccioli is also sometimes used for Barilla products, pennette have a shorter length and pennoni are wider and thicker.[51]
Pens (after a quill pen) or feathers.[2]
Pennine, mezze pennette lisce, mezze penne, mezzani, pennettine, pennuzze, penne regina,[4] mostaccioli, penne a candela, penne di natale/natalini, penne di ziti/zitoni.[52]
Lazio[52]
cells: Penne ricce
Curled penne variant, usually grooved.
Curly penne.
cells: Rigatoncini
Smaller version of rigatoni
Small lined ones
cells: Rigatoni
Medium-Large tube with square-cut ends, sometimes slightly curved. Always grooved, and straight or bent depending on extrusion method.[53]
From rigare, "to line, furrow, groove".[53]
Bombardoni, cannaroni rigati, cannerozzi rigati, rigatoni romani, trivelli, tuffolini rigati[53]
Lazio[53]
cells: Sagne 'ncannulate
Long tube formed of twisted ribbon
Caned lasagne
cells: Sedani
Slightly larger than maccheroni with a similar slight bend. Can be smooth (lisce) or furrowed (rigati).
From sedano, "celery"
Sedanini, cornetti, diavoletti, diavolini, folletti; or zanne d'elefante if smooth.[54]
cells: Spirali
Spiraled tubes
Spirals
cells: Spiralini (Scharfalini)
Tightly coiled spirali
Little spirals
cells: Tortiglioni
Larger tubes than rigatoni, the grooves are also deeper and spiral around the pasta.[55]
From Latin torquere, "to twist"[55]
Elicoidali[4]
Campania, Lazio[55]
cells: Trenne
Penne shaped as a triangle
cells: Tuffoli
Ridged rigatoni
cells: Ziti
Long, narrow hose-like tubes larger than mezzani (also called mezzi ziti) or bucatini that are traditionally broken before being put to cook.[56] The addition of the word rigati (e.g. ziti rigati) denotes lines or ridges on the pasta's surface. Ziti candelati are longer, zitoni a bit larger.
Bride and bridegroom (ziti is plural) in Sicilian dialect.[56]
Boccolotti, zitoni, zituane, candele, ziti candelati[4][56]
Southern Italy[56]

Questions about this table:
originalText: what is the proper name for spiral pasta
answer: answerTexts: Spirali