Thanks Paul,

  I've seen the dish mentioned elsewhere also. Looks promissing.

  However, the "rigatoni di mare" I am trying to identify are
mentioned in a nineteenth-century archaeological report, when, while
excavating at Pompeii a vessel was found containing some
shells that are described as "rigatoni di mare".

  I'm beginning to think that the denomination "rigatoni di mare" is a
nineteenth-century name for the shell... I'll have to dig up some old
Italian dictionaries.

  Maybe the shape of the pasta would resemble the shell. It would have
to be some kind of ribbed tube shell... from the Bay of Naples, of
course.

Ezequiel

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