10 Types of pasta (tubes)

1. Bucatini Hollow spaghetti (Little holes)

2. Calamarata Wide ring shaped pasta (Squid, also known as “calamari”)

3. Cavatappi Corkscrew-shaped macaroni (Corkscrews; also known as Cellentani and Spirali)

4. Ditalini Short tubes, like elbows but shorter and without a bend (Small fingers)

5. Maccheroni As long as a little finger, usually striped 

6. Maccheroncelli Hollow pencil-shaped pasta

7. Maltagliati Short wide pasta with diagonally cut ends (Roughly cut)

8. Manicotti Large ridged tubes that are stuffed (Sleeves, from the Italian word manica)

9. Penne Medium length tubes with ridges, cut diagonally at both ends (Literally “pens” because the tip is similar to that of a quill or fountain pen)

10. Rigatoni Large and slightly curved tube (From riga, meaning line. pasta with lines (large) Rigato or rigate, when added to another pasta name means lined, or, with ridges added, eg “spaghetti rigati”