| Pyura chilensis | |
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| Piure on a bed of clams, harvested in the Valparaíso Region | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Tunicata |
| Class: | Ascidiacea |
| Order: | Stolidobranchia |
| Family: | Pyuridae |
| Genus: | Pyura |
| Species: | P. chilensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Pyura chilensis (Molina, 1782)
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Pyura chilensis, called piure in Spanish and piür or piwü in Mapudungun,[1] is a tunicate of the family Pyuridae. It was described in 1782 by Juan Ignacio Molina.[2]
- ^ Sánchez Cabezas, Gilberto (2010). "Los mapuchismos en el DRAE". Boletín de Filología (in Spanish). XLV (2): 149–256. doi:10.4067/S0718-93032010000200008.
- ^ "WoRMS taxon details—Pyura chilensis Molina, 1782". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 1 July 2012.