Yes, there are dozens of different salami piccanti (Plural.Singular is "salamE piccantE". Not to be picky, just thought ppl in here might be interested in proper spelling and pronunciation ), you're right. However, I would say that what I tasted in the US as "pepperoni" falls in that large category. I actually tasted US pepperoni several times in several places, both east and west coast , but I admit I do not know exactly what it is and it may very well be classified as a "salsiccia", technically , which, for those who don't know, is slightly different from salame. Consider, however, that the boundary between salsiccia a and salame does not really exists, since it varies from region to region within Italy itself, and both salame and salsiccia are names that include a very large variety of different things.